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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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One of the Priests, apparelled all in white, ascended up into the pulpit.1 The other rabblement, with certain of the two orders of Friars, and certain superstitious Monks of S. Nicholas house standing round about, and the Cross (as the custom was) being holden up, with holy candles of wax fixed to the same, he began his sermon with this Theme of Josue: Est blasphemia in Castris. There is blasphemy in the army: and so made a long protestation, but not so long as tedious and superstitious, and so concluded, that that foul and abominable heretic, which had put up such blasphemous bills, was for that his blasphemy, damnably accursed, and besought God, our Lady, S. Peter Patron of that church, with all the holy company of martyrs, confessors, and virgins, that it might be known what heretic had put up such blasphemous bills, that Gods people might avoid the vengeance.
One of the Priestes, apparelled all in white, ascended vp into the pulpit.1 The other rabblement, wyth certaine of the two orders of Friers, and certaine superstitious Monks of S. Nicholas house standing round about, and the Crosse (as the custome was) being holdē vp, with holy candles of waxe fixed to the same, he began his sermon wt this Theame of Iosue: Est blasphemia in Castris. There is blasphemie in the armie: and so made a long protestation, but not so long as tedious and superstitious, and so concluded, that that foule and abominable heretike, which had put vp such blasphemous billes, was for that his blasphemie, damnably accursed, and besought God, our Lady, S. Peter Patrone of that church, with all the holy companie of martyrs, confessors, and virgines, that it might be knowen what hereticke had put vp such blasphemous billes, that Gods people might auoide the vengeance.
- 1The priests curse they cannot tell whom.The priestes curse they cannot tell whom.