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Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church. [vol.…Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol.…
Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church. [vol. 1] with an universal history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitive age to these latter times of ours, with the bloody times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions against the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperors, as now lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realm of England and Scotland. Newly revised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time again published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the help of Christ our Lord) John Fox, which desireth thee good reader to help him with thy prayer.Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol. 1] with an vniuersall history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitiue age to these latter tymes of ours, with the bloudy times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions agaynst the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperours, as nowe lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realme of England and Scotland. Newly reuised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time agayne published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the helpe of Christ our Lord) Iohn Foxe, which desireth thee good reader to helpe him with thy prayer.
London: printed by John Daye, 1583London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1583
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Thus ye see, which is worthy to be marked, how the just scourge and heavy indignation of God from time to time ever followeth there, and how all things there go to ruin, neither doth any thing well prosper, where Christ Jesus the Son of god is contemned, and not received, as by these examples may appear, both of Romans which not only were thus consumed and plagued by their own Emperors, but also by civil wars, whereof three were fought in two years at Rome, after the death of Nero, and other casualties (as in Sueton is testified) so that in the days of Tiberius aforesaid, 5000. Romans were hurt and slain at one time by fall of a Theatre. And also most especially by the destruction of the Jews, which about this same time, an. 73. and 40. years after the passion of Christ, and the third year after the suffering of S. Peter and Paul,1 were destroyed by Titus & Vespasian his father, (who succeeded after Nero in the Empire, to the number of xi. hundred thousand besides them which Vespasian slue in subduing the country of Galilee, over and beside them also which were sold and sent into Egypt and other provinces, to vile slavery, to the number of 17. thousand, 2000. were brought with Titus in his triumph,2 of which, part he gave to be devoured of the wild beasts, part otherwise most cruelly were slain. By whose case all nations and realms may take example, what it is to reject the visitation of Gods verity being sent, and much more to persecute them which be sent of God for their salvation.
Thus ye see, which is worthy to be marked, how the iust scourge and heauie indignation of God from tyme to tyme euer followeth there, and how all things there go to ruine, neither doth any thing well prosper, where Christ Iesus the sonne of god is contemned, and not receiued, as by these examples may appeare, both of Romains which not only were thus consumed and plagued by their owne Emperors, but also by ciuile warres, wherof three were fought in two yeres at Rome, after the death of Nero, and other casualties (as in Sueton is testified) so yt in the dayes of Tiberius aforesaid, 5000. Romains were hurt and slaine at one time by fal of a Theatre. And also most especially by the destruction of the Iewes, which about this same tyme, an. 73. and 40. yeres after the passion of Christ, and the third yeare after the suffering of S. Peter and Paule,