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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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The bishop thus being armed no less with the authority of the kings letter then incited with his own fierceness, forslacked no time, but eftsoons to accomplish his moody violence upon the poor flock of Christ called before him sitting upon his tribunal seat, both these aforenamed persons, and all other in his diocese which were never so little noted or suspected to incline toward those opinions: of whom to such as had but newly been taken, and had not before abjured, ⟨p. 837⟩he enjoined most straight & rigorous penance. The other in whom he could find any relapse, yea albeit they submitted themselves never so humbly to his favourable courtesy,1 and though also at his request, and for hope of pardon, they had showed themselves great detecters of their brethren being moreover of him feed and flattered thereunto, yet not withstanding, contrary to his fair words, & their expectation, he spared not, but read sentence of relapse against them committing them to the secular arm to be burned.
The bishop thus being armed no lesse with the authority of the kinges letter then incited with his owne fiercenes, forslacked no time, but eftsoones to accōplish his moody violence vpon the poore flock of Christ called before him sitting vpon his tribunall seat, both these aforenamed persons, and all other in his dioces which were neuer so little noted or suspected to incline toward those opiniōs: of whō to such as had but newly bene taken, and had not before abiured, ⟨p. 837⟩he inioyned most strayght & rigorous penance. The other in whō he could find any relaps, yea albeit they submitted themselues neuer so humbly to his fauourable curtesy,1 and though also at his request, and for hope of pardō, they had shewed thēselues great detecters of their brethrē being moreouer of him feed and flattered therunto, yet not withstanding, contrary to his fayre wordes, & their expectation, he spared not, but read sentēce of relaps against thē comitting them to the secular arme to be burned.
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