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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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We will not suffer them to be abolished, ere ever they be discussed,1 nor to be oppressed, before they be known: much less we will suffer them to be trodden down being so clearly true. No, as there is no jot in Scripture, but we will defend it, though it were with jeopardy of our life, and peril of this our Realm: so is there nothing that doth oppress this doctrine, or obscure it, but we will be at continual war therewith. As we have abrogated all old popish traditions in this our Realm, which either did help his tyranny, or increase his pride: so if the grace of God forsake us not,2 we will well foresee, that no new naughty traditions be made with our consent, to blind us or our Realm.
We will not suffer them to be abolished, ere euer they be dicussed,1 ne to be oppressed, before they be known: much lesse we will suffer them to be troden down being so clearly true. No, as there is no iote in Scripture, but we will defend it, though it were with ieopardy of our life, and peril of this our Realme: so is there nothing that doth oppresse this doctrine, or obscure it, but we will be at continuall warre therewt. As we haue abrogated al old popish traditions in this our Realme, which eyther did help his tyranny, or encrease his pride: so if the grace of God forsake vs not,2 we will well foresee, that no new naughty traditions be made with our consent, to blinde vs or our Realme.
- 1Spoken like a king.
- 2Would God the king here had kept promise when he made the 6. articles.