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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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But what remedy to relieve us your poor, sick, lame, and sore bedesmen? To make many hospitals for the relief of the poor people?1 Nay truly. The moe the worse, for ever the fat of the whole foundation hangeth on the Priests beards. Divers of your noble Predecessors, kings of this realm, have given lands to Monasteries, to give a certain sum of money yearly to the poor people, whereof for the auncienty of the time, they give never one penny, They have likewise given to them, to have a certain of masses said daily for them: whereof they say never one. If the Abbot of Westminster should sing every day as many masses for his founders, as he is bound to do by his foundation a thousand Monks were to few. Wherefore, if your grace will build a sure hospital that never shall sail, to relieve us all your poor bedesmen, then take from them all these things. Set these sturdy loubies abroad in the world to get them wives of their own, to get their living with their labour in the sweat of their faces, according to the commandment of God, Gen. 1. to give other idle people by their example, occasion to go to labour.
But what remedy to releue vs your poore, sicke, lame, and sore bedemen? To make many hospitals for the reliefe of the poore people?1 Nay truely. The moe the worse, for euer the fat of the whole foūdation hangeth on the Priestes beardes. Diuers of your noble Predecessours, kinges of this realme, haue geuen landes to Monasteries, to geue a certeine summe of mony yearely to the poore people, wherof for the auncienty of the time, they geue neuer one peny, They haue likewise geuen to them, to haue a certayne of masses sayd dayly for them: wherof they say neuer one. If ye Abbot of Westminster shold sing euery day as many masses for his founders, as he is bound to do by his foundatiō a thousand Monkes were to few. Wherefore, if your grace will build a sure hospitall that neuer shall sayle, to releeue vs all your poore bedemen, then take frō thē all these thinges. Set these sturdy loubies abroad in the world to gette thē wiues of their owne, to get theyr liuing with theyr labor in the sweat of their faces, according to the commaundement of God, Gen. 1. to geue other idle people by theyr example, occasion to go to labor.