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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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But I would to God that such knew what spirit they have ⟨p. 1103⟩in them.1 For if they had in deed, the spirit which they claim & pretend to have, I mean the spirit of Christ, I dare say, it should soon alter them from such haughty language & doting, and cause them to turn a new leaf: for that spirit is full of softness and lenity, lowliness and humility, patience and temperance, void of all wilfulness & tyranny, yea, it should cause them not to prevent,2 but easily to follow the counsel and doctrine of Christs Apostles, & holy saints that be their interpreters.3 As S. Paul which writing unto the Thessalonians, would them all, to prove all things, and to retain or hold that only, which is good, in refraining from all that hath semblance of evil. And Saint John would have Christian people,4 to try the spirit of them that should speak whether they were of God or no. Also he writing in another Epistle unto a noble woman and unto her children, saith, If any person shall come unto you, bringing with them the doctrine that is not of Christ, receive him not into your house, nor make him any cheer. So that in this he would have women to know the doctrine of Christ, and to love that, refusing to give credence unto foreign teaching, not savouring the same.
But I would to God yt such knew what spirit they haue ⟨p. 1103⟩in thē.1 For if they had in deed, the spirit which they claime & pretend to haue, I meane ye spirit of Christ, I dare say, it should soone alter them from such hautie language & doting, and cause them to turne a new leafe: for that spirite is ful of softnes and lenitie, lowlines and humilitie, patience and temperancie, voyde of all wilfulnes & tiranny, yea, it should cause them not to preuent,