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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
After that Festus had sent the Apostle Paul unto Rome after his appellation made at Caesarea, & that the Jews by the means thereof had lost their hope of performing their malicious vow against him conceived, they fell upon James the brother of our Lord, who was bishop at Jerusalem, against whom they being bent with like malice, brought him forth before them, and required him to deny before all the people the faith of Christ. But he otherwise: then they all looked for, freely and with a greater constancy before all the multitude, confessed Jesus to be the Son of God, our Saviour, and our Lord. Whereupon, they not being able to abide the testimony of this man any longer, because he was thought to be the justest among all, for the highness of divine wisdom, and godliness, which in living he declared, they killed him, finding the more opportunity to accomplish their mischief, because the kingdom the same time was vacant. For Festus being dead in Jewry, the administration of that province was destitute of a ruler, and a deputy. But after what manner James was killed,1 the words of Clement do declare, which writeth that he was cast down from the pinnacle of the temple, and being smitten with the instrument of a Fuller was slain, but Egesippus which lived in the time next after the Apostles, describeth this cause diligently, in his fifth Commentary, after this manner as followeth.
AFter that Festus had sent the Apostle Paul vnto Rome after his appellatiō made at Caesaria, & that the Iewes by the meanes thereof had lost their hope of performing their malicious vow against him conceiued, they fel vpon Iames the brother of our Lord, who was bishop at Ierusalem, against whom they being bent with like malice, brought him forth before them, and required him to denye before all the people the faith of Christ. But he otherwise: then they all looked for, freely and with a greater constancie before all the multitude, confessed Iesus to be the sonne of God, our Sauiour, and our Lord. Wherupon, they not being able to abide the testimonie of this man any longer, because he was thought to be the iustest among all, for the highnes of deuine wisedome, and godlinesse, which in liuing he declared, they killed him, finding the more opportunitie to accomplish their mischiefe, because the kingdom the same tyme was vacant. For Festus being dead in Iewrie, the administration of that prouince was destitute of a ruler, and a deputie. But after what maner Iames was killed,1