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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. 2, part 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. 2, part 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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which verity he had fully determined in his mind never to renye to believe the lying phantasies of men. And as in his soul,1 which was redeemed by the blood of the son of God, he was free from all bondage: so likewise as touching Counsels, he looked for no other sentence nor authority (he said) but that only which he knew to be declared to us by Christ Jesus, in his Gospel, which both he preached with his word, and confirmed with his blood &c. With these and such other words he so moved their minds, that they were clean altered unto a new kind of life, having him now in admiration, whom they had before in derision, and recounted him for an holy person. To whom he proceeded still to preach the word of grace declaring and confessing himself to be a miserable sinner, but by the faith of the Lord Jesus, & through the grace only of him, he was fully persuaded and well assured his sins to be forgiven: like as all their sins also shall be remitted to them through their faith only in Christ, believing his Gospel. There were other also besides these, who having used before, a more delicate kind of life, could not well away with the sharpness and hardness of the prison These also received such comfort by the said Faninus, that not only they were quietly contented,2 but also rejoiced in this their captivity, by the occasion whereof they had received and learned a better liberty, then ever they knew before. When the prisonment of this Faninus was known to his parents and kinsfolk, his wife & sister came to him with weeping persuasions, to move him to consider and care for his poor family, To whom he answered again, that his Lord and master had commanded him not to deny him for looking to his family, and that it was enough for them that he had once for their sakes fallen into the cowardliness, which they knew: Wherefore he desired them to depart in peace, and solicit him no more therein for his end (he said) he knew to draw near, and so he commended them unto the Lord. About the same time dyed Pope Paulus the 3. and after him succeeded Julius the 3. which then sent letters and commandment,3 that Faninus should be executed.
whiche veritie he had fully determined in his minde neuer to renye to beleeue the lying phantasies of men. And as in his soule,