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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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Thus have you the letters, the abjuration and articles of Thomas Bilney.1 After which abjuration made about yt year of our Lord. 1529. the said Bilney took such repentance & sorrow, that he was near the point of utter despair: as by the words of M. Latimer, is credibly testified whose words for my better discharge, I thought here to annex,2 written in his seventh Sermon preached before K. Edward, which be these: I knew a man my self, Bilney, little Bilney that blessed Martyr of God, who what time he had borne his fagot, & was come again to Cambridge, had such conflicts within himself (beholding this Image of death) that his friends were afraid to let him be alone. They were▪ fain to be with him day and night, and comfort him as they could, but no comforts would serve. And as for the comfortable places of Scripture, to bring them unto him, it was as though a man should run him thorough the hart with a sword. Yet for all this, he was revived and took his death patiently, and dyed well against the tyrannical sea of Rome. Haec Latim Serm. 7.
Thus haue you the letters, the abiuration and articles of Thomas Bilney.1 After which abiuration made about yt yeare of our Lord. 1529. the sayd Bilney tooke such repentaunce & sorrow, that he was neare the poynt of vtter dispayre: as by ye wordes of M. Latimer, is credibly testified whose wordes for my better discharge, I thought here to annex,2 written in his seuenth Sermon preached before K. Edward, which be these: I knew a man my selfe, Bilney, litle Bilney yt blessed Martyr of God, who what time he had borne his fagot, & was come again to Cambridge, had such conflictes within himselfe (beholding this Image of death) that his friendes were afrayde to let him be alone. They were▪ fayne to be with him day and night, and comfort him as they could, but no comfortes would serue. And as for the comfortable places of Scripture, to bringe thē vnto him, it was as though a man should runne him thorough the hart with a sword. Yet for all this, he was reuiued and tooke his death paciently, and dyed well agaynst the tyrannicall sea of Rome. Haec Latim Serm. 7.