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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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I have made truly long search, yet could I never find any such substantial teaching. Howbeit, I offer my self ever to learn, and know that my rude wit, foolish youth unexpert experience, and feeble discretion, had need of good instruction, as much as any other. Howbeit, I see (thanked be god) that sometime he showeth some sparkle of light and wisdom to children, hiding the same from other that are reputed of higher prudence: so that the world thereby many times is brought into admiration, seeing such facts done of God before their face, and laugh thereat sometime with indignation, as the Pharisees did at the blind man whom Christ had restored to sight, where they said to him ⟨p. 1109⟩Thou caitiff was borne blind for thy sins, 1and wilt thou teach us, that are a great multitude of high officers of the temple, and Doctors to teach the law? As who would say, it becometh there full••ll. Yet we ought not to marvel greatly at such doing, for so much as S. Paul. 1. Corinthians. 1. showeth of like practise done in his time, and that he writeth for the instruction of all ages after ensuing, so that it pertaineth (like as all the holy Scripture doth) as well to our time, as it did to that it was first written in.2 The doctrine of Christs cross, that is to wit, of the new testament, is to them that perish folly, (saith he) but to us that obtain thereby salvation (incaning thereby, to such as believe) it is the might or power of God for it is written (saith he) by the Prophet Isaiah: that God aforetime said he would destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding or learning of the learned would he throw away and despise.
I haue made truely long search, yet could I neuer find any such substantiall teaching. Howbeit, I offer my selfe euer to learne, and know that my rude witte, foolish youth vnexpert experience, and feeble discretion, had need of good instruction, as much as any other. Howbeit, I see (thāked be god) that sometime he sheweth some sparcle of light and wisedome to children, hiding the same from other that are reputed of higher prudence: so that the world thereby many times is brought into admiration, seeing suche factes done of God before theyr face, and laugh thereat sometime with indignation, as the Phariseis did at the blinde man whom Christ had restored to sight, where they said to him