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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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Then as the high priests & officers of the temple heard this they were in a great perplexity, doubting what would thereof come.1 Then came one unto them & showed them, saying: Behold, the men that ye put in prison, are standing in the temple preaching unto the people. Then went they thither, and brought the apostles with them, without any violence: but they were afraid lest the people would have beaten them down with stones.
Then as the high priestes & officers of the temple heard this they were in a great perplexity, doubting what wold therof come.1 Then came one vnto them & shewed thē, saying: Behold, the men that ye put in prison, are standing in the temple preaching vnto the people. Then wēt they thither, and brought the apostles with thē, without any violence: but they were afrayd lest the people would haue beaten them downe with stones.
- 1Act. 5.
Then they caused the apostles to be brought into their Council house, the high priest beginning his proposition against the apostles in this form: Have we not straitly commanded you (said he) that you should not preach in the name of Christ? And see, you have filled all Jerusalem with your doctrine. Will you bring this mans blood upon us,1 that we should unrighteously have caused him to suffer death? Then answered Peter and the other Apostles, saying: We ought to obey God more then any man. The God of our fathers hath raised Jesus from death, whom you did slay, hanging him upon a tree. Him notwithstanding hath GOD raised, and by his power advanced to be our king and Saviour: by whom shall be given to all Israel, that will take repentance, forgiveness of sin.