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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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By this it appeareth how vehemently this good man was pierced with sorrow and remorse for his abjuration, the space almost of 2. years,1 that is, from the year 1529. to the year 1531. It followed then that he by. Gods grace & good counsel, came at length to some quiet of conscience, being fully resolved to give over his life for the confession of that truth, which before he had renounced. And thus being fully determined in his mind, and setting his time he took his leave in Trinity hall at ten of the clock at night, of certain of his friends, and said that he would go to Jerusalem, alluding belike to the words & examples of christ in the Gospel going up to Jerusalem,2 what time he was appointed to suffer his passion. And so Bilney meaning to give over his life for the testimony of Christs Gospel told his friends that he would go up to Jerusalem, and so would see them no more, & immediately departed to Norfolk, & there preached first privily in households to confirm the brethren and sisterne, and also to confirm the anchoress whom he had converted to Christ. Then preached he openly in the fields, confessing his fact, and preaching publicly that doctrine, which he before had abjured, to be the very trueth, & willed all men to beware by him, and never to trust to their fleshly friends in causes of religion. And so setting forward in his journey toward the celestial Jerusalem, he departed from thence to the Anchoress in Norwich, & there gave her a new testament of Tindals translation, and the obedience of a Christian man, whereupon he was apprehended and carried to prison there to remain, till that blind bishop Nix sent up for a writ to burn him.
By this it appeareth howe vehemently this good man was pearced with sorow and remorse for his abiuration, ye space almost of 2. yeares,1 that is, from the yeare 1529. to the yeare 1531. It followed then that he by. Gods grace & good counsayle, came at length to some quiet of conscience, being fully resolued to geue ouer his life for the confession of that truth, which before he had renounced. And thus being fully determined in hys minde, and setting hys time he tooke his leaue in Trinitie hall at ten of the clocke at nyght, of certayne of hys frendes, and sayd that he would go to Ierusalem, alluding belike to the words & examples of christ in the Gospel going vp to Ierusalem,