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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.
Whereof let us hear the worthy testimony of Justinus Martyr in his Dialogue with Tripheus: And that none (saith he) can terrify or remove us which believe in Jesus, ⟨p. 38⟩by this it daily appeareth: for when we are slain, crucified, cast to wild beasts,1 into the fire, or given to other torments, yet we go not from our confession: but contrary, the more cruelty and slaughter is wrought against us, the mo they be that come to piety and faith by the name of Jesus: no otherwise then if a man cut the vine tree, the better the branches grow. For the vine tree planted by God and Christ our Saviour, is his people. Haec Just.
Whereof let vs heare the worthy testimony of Iustinus Martyr in his Dialogue with Tripheus: And that none (saith he) can terrifie or remoue vs which beleue in Iesus, ⟨p. 38⟩by this it daily appeareth: for when we are slaine, crucified, cast to wild beastes,1 into the fire, or geuen to other torments, yet we goe not from our confession: but contrary, the more crueltie and slaughter is wrought against vs, the mo they be that come to pietie and faith by the name of Iesus: no otherwise then if a man cut the vine tree, the better the branches grow. For the vine tree planted by God and Christ our Sauiour, is his people. Haec Iust.
- 1The Church increaseth by persecution.
¶To comprehend the names and number of all the Martyrs that suffered in all these ten persecutions (which are innumerable) as it is unpossible, so it is hard in such variety and diversity of matter, to keep such a perfect order and course of years and times, that either some be not left out, or that every one be reduced into his right place, especially seeing the Authors themselves, whom in this present work we follow, do diversly disagree, both in the times, in the names, and also in the kind of Martyrdom of them that suffered. As for example, where the common reading and opinion of the Church, and the Epistles Decretal do take Anacletus to succeed after Clement,