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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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Another cause of Testwoods trouble.
AS it chanced Testwood one day to walk in the church at after noon,1 & beheld the pilgrims (specially of Devonshire & Cornwall) how they came in by plumps with candles & images of wax in their hands, to offer to good king Henry of Windsor (as they called him) it pitied his hart to see so great idolatry committed,2 & how vainly the people had spent their goods in coming so far to kiss a spur, & to have an old hat set upon their heads. In so much, that he could not refrain, but (seeing a certain company which had done their offering stand gassing about the church) went unto them, & with all gentleness began to exhort them to leave such false worshipping of dumb creatures, and to learn to worship the true living God aright, putting them in remembrance what those things were which they worshipped, & how God many times had plagued his people for running a whoring to such stocks & stones, & so would plague them and their posterity if they would not leave it.
AS it chanced Testwood one day to walke in the church at after noone,1 & beheld the pilgrimes (specially of Deuonshire & Cornwal) how they came in by plumpes with candles & images of waxe in their hands, to offer to good king Henry of Windsore (as they called hym) it pitied hys hart to see so great idolatry committed,2