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.…

Name: Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church. [vol.…
Author: John Foxe

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.

John Foxe 1516–1587London: printed by John Daye, 1583London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1583

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Book 8 › Martyrology

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Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The causes. ¹James Beton Archb. of S. Andrews. Friar Walter Laying, be wraier of the confession of this Henry Forest. | Henry Forest. At S. Andrews in Scotland. | Within few years after the martyrdom of master Patrick Hamilton, one Henry Forrest, a young man borne in Lithquow, who a little before, had received the orders of Bennett and Collette (as they term them) affirmed and said, that master Patrick Hamilton died a Martyr, and that his Articles were true: for the which he was apprehended, and put in prison by James Beton Archbishop of Saint Andrews. Who shortly after, caused a certain Fryer named Walter Laying, to hear his confession. To whom when Henry Forest in secret confession had declared his conscience how he thought master Patrick to be a good man, and wrongfully to be put to death, & that his articles were true and not heretical: the Friar came and uttered to the Bishop, the confession that he had heard,² which before was not throughly known. Whereupon it followed, that his confession being brought as sufficient probation against him, he was therefore convented before the Council of the clergy and Doctors, and there concluded to be an heretic, equal in iniquity with master Patrick Hamilton, & there decreed to be given to the secular Judges to suffer death. When the day came of his death, and that he should first be degraded, and was brought before the Clergy in a green place, being between the castle of S. Andrews, and another place called Monymaill, as soon as he entered in at the door, and saw the face of the clergy, perceiving whereunto they tended, he cried with a loud voice, saying: Fie, on falsehood: Fie on false Friars,³ revealers of confession: after this day, let no man ever trust any false Friars, contemners of Gods word, and deceivers of men. And so they proceeding to degrade him of his small orders of Benet and Collet, he said with a loud voice, take from me not only your own orders, but also your own baptism, meaning thereby, whatsoever is besides that which Christ himself instituted, whereof there is a great rabblement in Baptism. Then after his degradation, they condemned him as an heretic equal with M. Patrick aforesaid:

Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The causes. ¹

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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.…

*A brief discourse, concerning the story and life of Thomas Wolsey, late Cardinal of York, by way of digression, wherein is to be seen and noted the express image of the proud vainglorious Church of Rome, how far it differeth from the true Church of Christ Jesus.

*A briefe discourse, concerning the storie and life of Thomas Wolsey, late Cardinall of Yorke, by way of digression, wherein is to be seene and noted the expresse image of the proud vayneglorious Church of Rome, how farre it differeth from the true Church of Christ Iesus.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

*A brief discourse, concerning the story and life of Thomas Wolsey, late Cardinal of York, by way of digression, wherein is to be seen and noted the express image of the proud vainglorious Church of Rome, how far it differeth from the true Church of Christ Jesus.

*A briefe discourse, concerning the storie and life of Thomas Wolsey, late Cardinall of Yorke, by way of digression, wherein is to be seene and noted the expresse image of the proud vayneglorious Church of Rome, how farre it differeth from the true Church of Christ Iesus.

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