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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 burning of one Collins at London.
Neither is here to be omitted the burning of one Collins, sometime a Lawyer & a Gentleman, which suffered the fire this year also in Smithfield,1 anno. 1538. Whom although I do not here recite, as in the number of Gods professed martyrs, yet neither do I think him to be clean sequestered from the company of the Lords saved flock and family, notwithstanding that the bish. of Romes Church did condemn and burn him for an heretic: but rather do recount him therefore, as one belonging to the holy company of Saints. At leastwise this case of him and of his end may be thought to be such, as may well reprove and condemn their cruelty and madness, in burning so without all discretion, this man being mad and distract of his perfect wits, as he then was, by this occasion as here followeth.
NEither is here to be omitted the burning of one Collins, sometime a Lawyer & a Gentleman, which suffered the fire this yeare also in Smithfielde,1 anno. 1538. Whom although I do not here recite, as in the number of Gods professed martyrs, yet neither do I thinke him to be cleane sequestred from the companye of the Lordes saued flocke and family, notwithstanding that ye bish. of Romes Church did condemne and burne him for an heretike: but rather do recount him therefore, as one belonging to the holy company of Saints. At leastwise this case of hym and of his end may be thought to be such, as may well reproue and condemne their crueltie and madnesse, in burning so without all discretion, this man being madde and distract of his perfect wittes, as he then was, by this occasion as heere followeth.
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