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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.
First,1 forsomuch as Mount Zion (which God calleth by the Prophet Isaiah, the hill of his holiness) beareth in the scripture an undoubted type of the spiritual church of Christ: & for so much as the said Jesai. ca. 11. & 65. prophesying of the said Mount Zion, saith in these words:2 Non nocebunt neque affligent in omni monte sancto meo, dicit Dominus. &c. 1. They shall not kill nor hurt, in all my holy hill, saith the Lord. &c. And again in the same chap. thus we read: Habitabit Lupus cum agno, & Pardus con haedo accubabit: Vitulus, & Leo & ovis una commorabuntur, & puellus paruulus ducet eos. &c. i. The wolf shall dwell with the Lamb, & the Leopard with the Kid: the Calf, the Lion & the sheep shall feed together, & a young child shall rule them. The Cow also & the Bear shall abide together with their young ones, & the Lion shall eat chaff & fodder like the Ox. &c.
FIrst,1 forsomuch as Mount Sion (which God calleth by the Prophet Iesai, the hill of his holines) beareth in the scripture an vndoubted type of the spiritual church of Christ: & for so much as the sayd Iesai. ca. 11. & 65. prophesying of the sayd Mount Sion, sayth in these wordes:2 Non nocebunt neque affligent in omni monte sancto meo, dicit Dominus. &c. 1. They shal not kill nor hurt, in all my holy hill, sayth the Lord. &c. And agayne in the same chap. thus we read: Habitabit Lupus cum agno, & Pardus cū haedo accubabit: Vitulus, & Leo & ouis vna commorabuntur, & puellus paruulus ducet eos. &c. i. The wolfe shall dwell with the Lambe, & the Leopard with the Kid: the Calfe, the Lion & the sheepe shall feed together, & a yong child shall rule thē. The Cow also & the Beare shall abide together wt theyr yong ones, & the Lion shall eat chaffe & fodder like ye Oxe. &c.
- 1The 1. question.
- 2Isaiah. 11.65.Esay. 11.65.