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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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After the death of the good President Cusinetus,1 the Lord of Revest being chief President of the Parliament of Aix, put many of the faithful to death. Who afterward being put out of his office, returned to his house of Revest, where he was stricken with such an horrible sickness, that for the fury and madness which he was in, his wife or any that were about him, durst not come near him, and so he dying in this fury and rage, was justly plagued for his unmerciful and cruel dealing.
After the deathe of the good President Cusinetus,1 the Lord of Reuest being chief President of the Parliament of Aix, put many of the faithful to death. Who afterwarde being put out of his office, returned to his house of Reuest, where he was stroken with such an horrible sicknesse, that for the fury and madnes which he was in, hys wife or any that were about him, durst not come neare him, and so hee dying in this fury and rage, was iustly plagued for his vnmercifull and cruell dealing.
- 1An other exam ple of Gods terrible judgement upon a persecutor.An other exā ple of Gods terrible iudgement vppon a persecutor.
After him succeeded Barthol. Cassaneus, likewise a pestilent persecutor,1 whom God at length stroke with a fearful & sudden death. In the time of this tyrant, those of Merindol, in the person often, were cited personally to appear before the kings attorney. But they hearing that the court had determined to burn them without any further process or order of law, durst not appear at the day appointed. For which cause the court awarded a cruel sentence against Merindol,2