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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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Item,1 now seest thou what alms meaneth and wherefore it serveth. He that seeketh with his alms, more then to be merciful: to be a neighbour, to succour his brothers need: to do his duty to his brother: to give his brother that he ought him: the same is blind & seeth not Christs blood. Here he answereth,2 that he findeth no fault throughout all the book, but all the book is good, and it hath given him great comfort and light to his conscience.
Item,1 now seest thou what almes meaneth and wherfore it serueth. He that seeketh with his almes, more then to be mercifull: to be a neighbour, to succour his brothers need: to do his duty to his brother: to geue his brother that he ought him: the same is blind & seeth not Christes bloud. Here he answereth,2 that he findeth no fault throughout all the booke, but all the booke is good, and it hath geuen him great comfort and light to his conscience.
- 1Alms whom and how far it profiteth.Almes whom and how farre it profiteth.
- 2God to be served and worshipped only, as he commandeth otherwise not.God to be serued and worshipped onely, as he commaundeth otherwise not.
Item that ye do nothing to please God, but that he commanded. To that he answereth and thinketh it good, by his truth.
Item that ye do nothing to please God, but that he cō maunded. To that he answereth and thinketh it good, by his truth.