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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 history of divers good men and women, persecuted for religion in the City and Diocese of the Bishop of London, briefly extracted out of the Registers of Richard Fitziames.
The historie of diuers good men and women, persecuted for religion in the Citie and Dioces of the Bishop of London, briefly extracted out of the Registers of Richard Fitziames.
Amongest and besides the great number of the faithful martyrs and professors of Christ, that constantly in the strength of the holy Ghost, gave their lives for the testimony of his truth,1 I find recorded in the Register of London, between the years of our Lord. 1509. and 1527. the names of divers other persons both men and women: who in the fullness of that dark and misty times of ignorance, had also some portion of Gods good spirit which induced them to the knowledge of his trueth and Gospel, and were diversly troubled, persecuted, and imprisoned for the same: notwithstanding by the proud, cruel and bloody rage of the Catholic seat, and through the weakness and frailty of their own nature (not then fully strengthened in God) it was again in them, for the time,2 suppressed and kept under, as appeareth by their several abjurations made before Richard Fitziames then bishop of London (in his time a most cruel persecutor of Christs church) or else before his vicar general deputed for the same. And forasmuch as many of the adversaries of Gods trueth, have of late days disdainfully and braggingly cried out, and made demands in their public assemblies and yet do, asking where this our church and religion was within these 50. or 60. years: I have thought it not altogether vain, somewhat to stop such lying crackers, both by mentioning their names, and likewise opening some of the chief and principal matters, for which they were so unmercifully afflicted and molested, thereby to give to understand, as well the continuance and consent of the true church of Christ in that age, touching the chief points of our faith, though not in like perfection of knowledge and constancy in all: as also by the way, something to touch what fond and frivolous matters the ignorant Prelates shamed not in that time of blindness to object against the poor & simple people, accounting them as heinous and great offences, yea, such as deserved death both of body and soul. But least I should seem too prolix and tedious herein, I will now briefly proceed with the story, and first begin with their names, which are these.