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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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Then kneeled we both down together on our knees, and lifting up our hearts and hands to God our heavenly father, desiring him with plenty of tears, so to conduct and prosper him in his journey, that he might well escape the danger of all his enemies, to the glory of his holy name. if his good pleasure and will so were, and then we embraced and kissed the one the other, the tears so abundantly flowing out from both our eyes,1 that we all bewet both our faces, and scarcely for sorrow could we speak one to the other, and so he departed from me, apparelled in my coat, being committed unto the tuition of our almighty and merciful father.
Then kneeled we both downe together on our knees, and lifting vp our hearts and hands to God our heauenly father, desiring him wyth plentie of teares, so to conducte and prosper him in his iourney, that he myght well escape the daunger of al his enemies, to ye glory of his holy name. if his good pleasure and will so were, and then we embraced and kissed the one the other, the teares so aboundantly flowing out from both our eies,1 that we al bewet both our faces, and scarcely for sorrowe coulde we speake one to the other, and so he departed from me, apparelled in my coate, being committed vnto the tuition of oure almyghtye and mercifull father.
- 1The parting between M. Garret & Dalaber.The parting betweene M. Garret & Dalaber.
When he was gone down the stairs from my chamber, I straightways did shut my chamber door, and went into my study, and took the new Testament in my hands, kneeled down on my knees, and with many a deep sigh and salt tear, I did with much deliberation read over the 10. chapter of S. Matthew his Gospel: and when I had so done,1