A67926:1693
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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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.
Every man, and the works of man, are either good or evil.
Euery man, and the workes of man, are eyther good or euill.
Every tree, and the fruits thereof, are either good or evil, Either make ye the tree good,1 and the fruit good also, or else make the tree evil, and the fruit of it likewise evil. Math. 12.
EUery tree, and the fruites therof, are either good or euil, Either make yee the tree good,1 and the fruite good also, or els make the tree euill, and the fruite of it likewise euill. Math. 12.
- 1Good fruits are signs of a good tree, but not the cause thereof.Good fruites are signes of a good tree, but not the cause therof.
A good man is known by his works, for a good man doth good works, and an evil man, evil works. Ye shall know them by their fruit, for a good tree beareth good fruit, and an evil tree, evil fruit. A man is likened to the tree, and his works to the fruit of the tree.