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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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The original of Henry Filmers trouble.
The originall of Henry Filmers trouble.
About the year of our Lord, 1541. after all the orders of superstitious and begging Friars were suppressed and put down, there chanced one Sir Thomas Melster, ⟨p. 1213⟩which had been a Friar before,1 and changed his Friars coat (but not his Friars hart) to be Vicar of Windsor. This priest on a time made a Sermon to his Parishioners, in the which he declared so many fond and Frierish tales,2 as that our Lady should hold out her breasts to S. Bernard, and spout her milk into his eyes, with such like festival tales, that many honest men were offended therewith, and specially this Henry Filmer then one of the Church wardens:3 who was so zealous to gods word, that he could not abide to hear the glory of Christ so defaced with superstitious fables. Whereupon he took an honest man or two with him, and went to the priest, with whom he talked so honestly and so charitably, that in the end the Priest gave him hearty thanks, and was content at his gentle admonition, to reform himself without any more ado, and so departed friendly the one from the other.
ABout the yeare of our Lord, 1541. after all the orders of superstitious and beggyng Friers were suppressed and put downe, there chaunced one Sir Thomas Melster, ⟨p. 1213⟩which had bene a Frier before,1 and changed his Friers coat (but not his Friers hart) to be Uicare of Wyndsore. This priest on a tyme made a Sermon to his Parishioners, in the which he declared so many fond and Frierish tales,