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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 this heap of untruths above passed,1 add yet further an other copy of Copes false dealing: who seeking all corners, and every where how to pick matter against my former history, chargeth me with arrogancy, as though I took so highly upon me to undo & derogate the kings acts and judgements in the acquittal of D. Horsey. If it so pleased the king to acquit D. Horsey, by his gracious pardon, I am not against it, neither do I deny but the king so did, neither do I say, nor ever did, but the king of his supereminent prerogative may so do: & wherein then do I unripe or loose the kings acts here done & concluded?2 But if the question be this, whether D. Horsey with his coniurates did kill Richard Hun or no: then do I say, that the pardon of the king doth not take away the verity of the crime committed, but removeth away the penalty of the law deserved: and so if the life of them was saved by way of pardon (as M. Moore himself seemeth not to deny) then was it not through their innocency claiming justice, that they escaped, but through petition standing need of mercy. For what needeth pardon, where justice absolveth? yea, who sueth pardon, but in so doing must yield himself guilty? for pardon never cometh lightly either with God or man, except the crime first be confessed. Wherefore, if they escaped by justice, as Cope pretendeth,3 how then doth M. Moore say, they were saved by pardon? And if they escaped by pardon, how then doth Cope say, they were not guilty? And be it admitted, that the sentence of the kings Attorney, in the kings name did absolve them as unguilty, according as the king was then informed by the Cardinal and suite of friends: yet afterward the king being better informed by the Parliament, and the truth better known, detested and abhorred their fact, and yet continued his pardon unto them, as by the kings own acts and his broad seal appeared, yet remaining in records to be seen.
After this heape of vntruthes aboue passed,1 adde yet further an other copy of Copes false dealing: who seeking all corners, and euery where how to picke matter agaynst my former history, chargeth me with arrogancy, as though I tooke so highly vpon me to vndoe & derogate the kinges acts and iudgements in the acquitall of D. Horsey. If it so pleased the king to acquite D. Horsey, by his gracious pardon, I am not agaynst it, neither do I deny but the king so did, neyther do I say, nor euer did, but the king of his supereminent prerogatiue may so do: & wherein then do I vnrippe or loose the kinges actes here done & concluded?