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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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Not long before the death of this Colet and Lily, lived Gulielmus Grocinus, and Gulielmus Latimerus, both English men also, and famously learned. This Grocinus as he began to read in his open lecture in the church of S. Paul the book of Dionysius Areopagita, commonly called Hierarchia Ecclesiastica (for the reading of the holy scriptures in Pauls was not in ure) in the first entry of his preface, he cried out with great vehemency against them who soever they were, which either denied, or stood in doubt of the authority of that book: in the number of whom he noted Laurence Valla & divers other of like approved judgement and learning. But afterward the same Grocine, when he had continued a few weeks in his reading thereof, and did consider further in him, he utterly altered, and recanted his former sentence, protesting openly, that the forenamed book to his judgement, was never written by that author whom we read in the acts of the Apostles to be called Dyonisius Areopagita. Ex. Eras. ad. Parisiens.
Not long before the death of this Colet and Lily, lyued Gulielmus Grocinus, and Gulielmus Latimerus, both English men also, and famously learned. This Grocinus as he began to read in his opē lecture in ye church of S. Paul the booke of Dyonisius Areopagita, commonly called Hierarchia Ecclesiastica (for the reading of the holy scriptures in Paules was not in vre) in the first entry of his preface, he cryed out with great vehemency agaynst them who soeuer they were, whiche eyther denyed, or stoode in doubt of the authoritie of that booke: in the number of whome hee noted Laurence Valla & diuers other of like approued iudgement and learning. But afterward the same Grocine, when he had continued a few weekes in hys reading thereof, and did consider further in him, he vtterly altered, and recanted his former sentence, protesting openly, that the forenamed booke to his iudgement, was neuer written by that authour whom we reade in the actes of the Apostles to be called Dyonisius Areopagita. Ex. Eras. ad. Parisiens.
1The tractation of these two couples above rehearsed, do occasion me to adjoin also the remembrance of an other couple of like learned men: The names of whom not unworthy to be remembered, were Thomas Linacre, and Richard Pace: which two followed much upon the time of Colet,