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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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These, with many other monasteries moe,1 God brought down to the ground, so that few or none of all the Monastical foundations in all England, either before the Conquest escaped the hands of the Danes and Scots, or else after the Conquest escaped destruction of fire, and that not without just ••use deserved:2 for as the trade of their lives was too too wretched and bestial, so the profession of their doctrine was intolerable, fraught with all superstition, full of much Idolatry, and utterly contrary to the grace of the Gospel and doctrine of Christ.
These, with many other monasteries mo,1 God brought downe to the ground, so that few or none of all the Monasticall foundations in all England, either before the Conquest escaped the hands of the Danes and Scottes, or else after the Conquest escaped destruction of fire, and that not without ius• ••use deserued:2 for as the trade of their lyues was too too wretched and bestiall, so the profession of theyr doctrine was intollerable, fraught with all superstition, full of much Idolatrie, and vtterly contrary to the grace of the Gospell and doctrine of Christ.
- 1Abbeys burnt and […] within fire.Abbeyes burnt and 〈…〉 within fire.
- 2The doctrine of the monks worse then their lives.The doctrin of the monkes worse then their liues.