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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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Now while the sermon was a doing, D. Barnes and the steelyard men were commanded to kneel down & ask God forgiveness, the catholic church and cardinals grace and after that he was commanded at the end of the sermon to declare that he was more charitablier handled, then he deserved or was worthy (his heresies were so horrible and so detestable) and once again kneeled down on his knees, and desiring the people of forgiveness and to pray for him, and so the cardinal departed under a canopy with all his mitred men with him, till he came to the second gate of Pauls, and then he took his mule, and the mitred men came back again. Then these poor men being commanded to come down from the stage (whereon the sweepers use to stand when they sweep the Church) the Bishops sate them down again and commanded the knight marshal and the Warden of the Fleet with their company to carry them about the fire, and so were they brought to the bishops, and there for absolution kneeled down. Where Rochester stood up and declared unto the people how many days of pardon and forgiveness of sins they had for being at that Sermone,1 and there did assoil D. Barnes with the other, and showed the people that they were received into the church again.
Now while the sermon was a doing, D. Barnes and the stilliard men were commanded to knele downe & aske God forgeuenes, the catholike church and cardinals grace and after that hee was commaunded at the ende of the sermon to declare that he was more charitablier hādled, then he deserued or was worthy (hys heresies were so horrible and so detestable) and once againe kneeled downe on hys knees, and desiring the people of forgeuenesse and to praye for him, and so the cardinal departed vnder a canapie with all his mitred men with him, till he came to the second gate of Paules, and then he tooke his mule, and the mitred men came backe againe. Then these poore men being commanded to come downe from the stage (whereon the sweepers vse to stande when they sweepe the Church) the Byshops sate them downe againe and commanded the knight marshall and the Warden of the Fleete with theyr company to carie them aboute the fire, and so were they brought to the bishops, and there for absolution kneeled downe. Where Rochester stode vp and declared vnto the people how many dayes of pardon and forgeuenes of sinnes they had for beyng at that Sermone,1 and there did assoyle D. Barnes wyth the other, and shewed the people that they were receiued into the church agayne.