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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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I believe that there is a holy Church, & a company of all them that profess Christ: and that all that have suffered & confessed his name, be Saints, & that all they do praise & laud God in heaven, more then I, or any mans tongue can express, & that always I have spoken reverently, and praised them as much as Scripture willed me to do. And that our Lady (I say) was a Virgin immaculate and undefiled & that she is the most purest virgin that ever God created & a vessel elect of God of whom Christ should be borne. Then said M. Sheriff,1 you have said well of her before. And being afraid that Master Sheriff had been or should be aggrieved with any thing that he should say, he said: Master Sheriff, if I speak any thing that you will me not, do no more but beckon me with your hand, & I will straight way hold my peace, for I will not be disobedient in any thing, but will obey.
I beleue that there is a holy Churche, & a company of all them that professe Christ: and that all that haue suffered & confessed his name, be Saintes, & that all they do prayse & laude God in heauen, more then I, or any mans tongue cā expresse, & that alwayes I haue spoken reuerently, and praysed them as much as Scripture willed me to do. And that our Lady (I say) was a Uirgin immaculate and vndefiled & that she is the most purest virgine that euer God created & a vessell elect of God of whom Christ should be borne. Then sayd M. Shiriffe,1 you haue sayd well of her before. And beyng afrayde that Maister Shiriffe had bene or should be agreeued with any thyng that he should say, he sayd: Maister Shiriffe, if I speake any thyng that you will me not, do no more but becken me with your hand, & I will straight way hold my peace, for I will not be disobedient in any thyng, but will obey.
- 1D. Barnes obedient to Magistrates.