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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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The xv. day of February, D. Head the Chancellor, again judicially sitting in the consistory at Pauls,1 commanded Thomas Man to be brought before him, and there causing the articles objected against him by the Bishop of Lincoln with his order of abjuration & penance and also his own articles last propounded to be first read he called forth a third witness to be sworn and examined upon the same. But because he would seem to do all things by order of justice, and nothing against law, he therefore appointed unto the said Thomas Man, certain Doctors and advocates of the Arches, as his counsellors, to plead in his behalf: Which was even like as if the lamb should be committed to the defence and protection of the wolf,2 or the hare to the hound. For what good help could he look for at their hands, which were both most wicked haters and abhorrers of his Christian profession, and also stout upholders and maintainers of that Antichristian law, by the which he was for the same condemned? And that full well appeared by the good advice and profitable counsel which they gave him against his next examinations. For aswell upon the 20. and also the 23. days of the same month of February, in their several Sessions he seeing his own negations to their objections, to take no place against their sworn witnesses, had no other thing to allege for himself, but that through his xx. weeks of hard imprisonment under the bishop of Lincoln, he was forced to recant and abjure: which was a poor shift of counsel, God knoweth: And yet D. Raynes being one of his chief assigned advocates (in stead of advice) could by his subtle questioning,3 then make him to confess, that certain talk, whereof one of the witnesses had accused him, was spoken about five years before past: which because it was since his recantation, was rather an accusation of him self, then an excusing: and therefore it is easy to judge to how favourable and uprightfull hearts they took upon them to be his advocates and defenders. The Chancellor likewise charged him upon the same xxiij. day that since his last imprisonment he had said unto Robert Cluny the Bishops Sumner, and his keeper, that as far forth as he could see or perceive for his part in this his matter, the laws of the Church were grounded upon Pilate & Caiaphas.4