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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.
Of Germanicus mention is made above in the story of Policarpus of whom writeth Eusebius Lib. 4. cap. 15.1 noting him to be a young man, and most constantly to persevere in the profession of Christs doctrine, whom when the Proconsul went about to persuade, to remember his age, and ⟨p. 44⟩to favour him self, being in the flour of his age, he would nor be allured: but constantly and boldly, and of his own accord incited and provoked the wild beast to come upon him, and to devour him, to be delivered more speedily out of this wretched life. Haec Eusebius, an, 170.
Of Germanicus mention is made aboue in the storye of Policarpus of whome writeth Eusebius Lib. 4. cap. 15.1 notyng him to be a younge man, and most constantly to perseuere in the profession of Christes doctrine, whom whē the Proconsul went about to perswade, to remember his age, and ⟨p. 44⟩to fauor him selfe, being in the floure of his age, he woulde nor be allured: but constātly and boldly, and of his owne accorde incited and prouoked the wild beast to come vpon him, and to deuour him, to be deliuerd more spedely out of this wretched life. Haec Eusebius, an, 170.
- 1Germanicus. Ex. Euseb. lib. 4. cap. 15. Histor. eccle.
1Thus have you heard out of the Epistle of the brethren of Smyrna, the whole order and li•e of Policarpus, whereby it may appear that he was a very aged man who had served Christ, lxxxvj. years since the first knowledge of him, and served also in the ministry about the space of 70. years. This Policarpus was the scholar and hearer of John the Evangelist,