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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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Book 7 › ¶Christopher Shoemaker Martyr.Book 7 › ¶Christopher Shoomaker Martyr.
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certes the fervent zeal of those Christian days seemed much superior to these our days and times: as manifestly may appear by their sitting up all night in reading and hearing, also by their expenses and charges in buying of books in English: of whom some gave five marks, some more, some less for a book. Some gave a lode of hay for a few chapters of S. James or of S. Paul in English. In which rarity of books, and want of teachers this one thing I greatly marvel and muse at, to note in the Registers & to consider how the word of trueth notwithstanding did multiply so exceedingly as it did amongest them. Wherein is to be seen no doubt the marvellous working of Gods mighty power. For so I find and observe in considering the Registers, how one neighbour resorting and conferring with an other, eftsoons with a few words of the first or second talk, did win and turn their minds to that wherein they desired to persuade them, touching the trueth of Gods word and his sacraments. To see their travails,1 their earnest seeking their burning zeals, their readings, their watchings, their sweet assemblies, their love and concord, their godly living, their faithful meaning with the faithful, may make us now in these our days of free profession to blush for shame.
certes the feruent zeale of those Christian dayes seemed much superior to these our dayes and times: as manifestly may appeare by their sitting vp all night in reading and hearing, also by their expenses and charges in buying of bookes in Englishe: of whome some gaue fiue markes, some more, some lesse for a booke. Some gaue a lode of hay for a few chapters of S. Iames or of S. Paule in English. In whiche raritie of bookes, and want of teachers this one thing I greatly maruel and muse at, to note in the Registers & to consider howe the worde of trueth notwithstanding did multiply so exceedingly as it dyd amongest them. Wherein is to be seene no doubt ye meruellous working of Gods mighty power. For so I finde and obserue in considering the Registers, howe one neighbour resorting and conferring with an other, eftsoones with a few wordes of the first or second talke, did win and turne their mindes to that wherein they desired to perswade them, touching the trueth of Gods worde and hys sacramentes. To see their trauailes,1 theyr earnest seeking their burning zeales, their readinges, their watchinges, their sweete assemblies, theyr loue and concord, their godly liuing, their faythfull meaning with the faythfull, may make vs now in these our dayes of free profession to blush for shame.