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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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Next orderly stepped forth the valiant champion Stokesly bishop of London, who afterward lying at the point of death, rejoiced, boasting, that in his life time he had burned 50. heretics.1 This man amongest the residue, intending to fight for his belly, with a long protestation promised to prove, that it was not only a work of a divine miracle, but also that it did nothing abhor nature. For, it is nothing dissonant from nature (sayeth he) the substances of like things to be oftentimes changed one into an other: So that nevertheless,2 the accidents do remain, all be it the substance it self, and the matter subject be changed. Then he declared it by the example of water boiling so long upon the fire, until all the substance thereof be evaporate. Now (sayeth he) it is the doctrine of the Philosophers, that a substance can not be changed, but into a substance: wherefore we do affirm the substance of the water, to pass into the substance of the air. Notwithstanding the quality of the water, which is moistness, remaineth after the substance is changed, for the air is moist, even as the water is.
Next orderly stepped forth the valiant champion Stokesly byshop of London, who afterward lying at ye poynte of death, reioysed, boasting, that in his life time he had burned 50. heretickes.1 Thys man amongest the residue, intending to fight for his belly, with a long protestation promised to proue, that it was not onely a worke of a diuine miracle, but also that it did nothing abhorre nature. For, it is nothing dissonant from nature (sayeth he) the substances of lyke things to be oftentimes chaunged one into an other: So that neuertheles,2 the accidentes doe remayne, all be it the substaunce it selfe, and the matter subiecte be chaunged. Then hee declared it by the example of water boylinge so long vppon the fire, vntill all the substance thereof be euaporate. Nowe (sayeth he) it is the doctrine of the Philosophers, that a substaunce can not be chaunged, but into a substaunce: wherefore we doe affirme the substaunce of the water, to passe into the substaunce of the aire. Notwythstanding the qualitie of the water, which is moystnesse, remaineth after the substaunce is chaunged, for the ayre is moist, euen as the water is.