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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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In this worthy and noble person, besides divers other eminent virtues,1 iij. things especially are to be considered to wit, flourishing authority, excelling wisdom and fervent zeal to Christ and to his Gospel. First, as touching his fervent zeal in setting forward the sincerity of Christen faith, sufficient is to be seen before by the injunctions proclamations, and articles above specified, that more can not almost be wished in a noble man, and scarce the like hath been seen in any.
In this worthy and noble person, besides diuers other eminent vertues,1 iij. things especially are to be considered to wit, flourishing authoritie, excelling wisedome and feruent zeale to Christ and to his Gospell. First, as touchyng his feruent zeale in setting forward the sinceritie of Christen faith, sufficient is to be seene before by the iniunctions proclamations, and articles aboue specified, that more can not almost be wished in a noble man, and scarse the lyke hath bene seene in any.
- 1Three things in the L. Cronwell. 1. Zeal. 2. Wisdom. 3. Authority.Three thinges in the L. Crōwell. 1. Zeale. 2. Wisedome. 3. Authoritye.
Secondly, for his wisdom and policy no less singular, joined with his christen zeal, he brought great things to pass,1 as well on this side the sea as in the other parts beyond. But especially his working was to nourish peace abroad with foreign realms, as may well by the kings letters and instructions sent by his means to his Ambassadors resident both with the Emperor the French king and the king of Scots, and also with the Pope appear. In all whose courts, such watch and espial he had, that nothing there was done, nor pretended, whereof he before had not intelligence. Neither was there any spark of mischief kindling never so little against the king and the realm,