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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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It was further particularly objected against Joanne John, the wife of Lewis John,1 that (besides the premisses) she learned and maintained, that God commanded no holy days to be kept, but only the Sabbath day, and therefore she would keep none but it, nor no fasting days affirming, that to fast from sin was the true fast. Moreover, that she had despised the Pope, his Pardons,2 and Pilgrimages: Insomuch that when any poor body asked his alms of her in the worship of the Lady of Walsingham, she would straight answer in contempt of the Pilgrimage: the Lady of Walsingham help thee. And if she gave any thing unto him, she would then say: Take this in the worship of our Lady in heaven, and let the other go. Which declareth that for lack of better instruction and knowledge, she yet ignorantly attributed too much honour to the true Saints of God departed: though otherwise she did abhor the idolatrous worshipping of the dead Images. By which example, as also by many others (for shortness sake, at this present omitted) I have just occasion to condemn the wilful subtlety of those, that in this bright shining light of Gods truth, would yet under colour of godly remembrance, still maintain the having of Images in the Church, craftily excusing their idolatrous kneeling and praying unto them, by affirming that they never worshipped the dead Images, but the things that the Images did represent. But if that were their only doctrine and cause of having of them, why then would their predecessors so cruelly compel these poor simple people thus openly in their recantations to abjure and renoke their speaking against the gross adoration of the outward Images only, and not against the thing represented? which many of them, (as appeareth partly by this example) in their ignorant implicitly, confessed might be worshipped. Howbeit, God be thanked (who ever in his mercy continue it) their colourable and hypocritical excuses can not now take such place in the hearts of the elect of God, as they have done heretofore, especially seeing the word of God doth so manifestly forbid as well the worshipping of them, as also the making or having of them, for order of Religion.
It was further particularly obiected agaynst Ioanne Iohn, the wife of Lewes Iohn,1 that (besides the premisses) she learned and mainteined, that God commaunded no holy dayes to bee kept, but onely the Sabboth day, and therefore she would keepe none but it, nor no fastyng dayes affirmyng, that to fast from sinne was the true fast. Moreouer, that she had despised the Pope, his Pardons,