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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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2. The second is to be noted, how these painted hypocrites do bewray their false dissembled dealings unawares, with whom a man might thus reason. Tell us you Priests and votaries,1 which so precisely fly the state of Matrimony, intend you to live chaste, and are able so to do without wives, or do you keep your selves chaste & honest without them, and without burning, or not? If ye be not able, why then marry you not? why take you not the remedy appointed of God? Why make you those vows, which you can not perform? or why do you not break them being made, falling thereby in danger of breaking Gods commandment, for keeping your own? If you be able, and so do intend to continue an honest and a continent, conversation without wives, then shall I ask of you, according as Doct. Turner gravely & truly layeth to your charge: why do you so carefully provide a remedy by your laws aforehand for a mischief to come, which you may avoid if ye list,2 unless either ye listed not to stand, though ye might, or else saw your own infirmity, that you could not though ye would? And therefore fearing your own weak fragility, you provide wisely for your selves aforehand, that where other shall suffer pains of death at the first for well doing, you may fall thrice in abominable adultery, and yet by the law have your lives pardoned.
2. The seconde is to be noted, how these paynted hypocrites doe bewray their false dissembled dealinges vnawares, with whome a man might thus reason. Tell vs you Priests and votaries,1 which so precisely flie the state of Matrimonie, intende you to liue chaste, and are able so to do without wiues, or do you keepe your selues chaste & honest without them, and without burning, or not? If ye be not able, why then mary you not? why take you not the remedy appointed of God? Why make you those vowes, which you can not performe? or why do you not breake them being made, falling thereby in daunger of breakyng Gods commandemēt, for keeping your owne? If you be able, and so do intend to cōtinue an honest and a continent, conuersation without wiues, then shall I aske of you, according as Doct. Turner grauely & truely layeth to your charge: why do you so carefully prouide a remedie by your lawes aforehand for a mischiefe to come, whiche you may auoide if ye list,