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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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Also being farther asked by the said Bishop of London, whether he would stand to the contents of his book, he answered:1 look ye the book before and after, and I will be content to stand to it. The being examined, whether that all good works must be done without respect of any thing, he answer, that a man should do good works for the love of God only, & for no hope of any reward higher nor lower in heaven: for if he should, it were presumption. Also being demanded whether that Christ with all his works did not deserve heaven. He answered and said: that it was plain enough. Which things being done, the Bishop said further to John Tewkesbury thus: I tell thee before God and those which are here present, in examination of my conscience, that the Articles above named, and many other more contained in the same book,2 are false heretical, and condemned by the holy Church: how thinkest thou? And further, the said Bishop of London said unto him again: I tell thee before God and those which are here present. &c. and so asked him again what he thought of those Articles. And after many exhortations, he commanded him to answer determinately under pain of the law, saying further unto him, that if he refused to answer, he must declare him an open and obstinate heretic according to the order of the law. Which things so done, the Bishop asked John Tewkesbury again, whether the said book called the wicked Mammon were good?
Also being farther asked by the sayd Bishop of Londō, whether he would stand to the contentes of his booke, hee aunswered:1 looke ye the booke before and after, and I wyll be cōtent to stand to it. The being examined, whether that all good works must be done without respect of any thing, he aunswere, that a man should do good works for the loue of God only, & for no hope of any reward higher nor lower in heauen: for if he should, it were presumption. Also being demaunded whether that Christ with all his workes did not deserue heauen. He answered and sayd: that it was playne enough. Which thinges being done, the Bishoppe sayd further to Iohn Tewkesbery thus: I tell thee before God and those which are here present, in examination of my conscience, that the Articles aboue named, and many other more conteined in the same booke,