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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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Borthwike.
If the church of Israel decayed, when as in the time of Zorobabell, N•emias, and other holy men, it was released and set at liberty out of Babylon: I grant also, that it was a ruin unto the Englishmen to have departed and gone away out of Babylon, the mother of all whoredom:1 upon whose rotten and filthy paps and breasts, they have a long time depended and hanged, being made drunk with the wine of her whoredom and unshamefastnesse. They had rather cause to give me thanks, which with so sincere and good a heart, wished unto them so happy a fall. But these unthankful persons thought it not enough with slander and reproach to tear me asunder, but that now also as blind rage and madness hath taken away all sincerity and uprightness of mind and judgement to lye in wait, and lay snares for my life.
If the church of Israel decayed, when as in the tyme of Zorobabell, N•emias, and other holy men, it was released and set at libertie out of Babilon: I graunt also, that it was a ruine vnto the Englishmen to haue departed and gone away out of Babylon, the mother of all whoredome:1 vpon whose rotten and filthy paps and brests, they haue a long tyme depended and hanged, beyng made drunke with the wyne of her whoredome and vnshamefastnesse. They had rather cause to geue me thankes, which wyth so sincere and good a heart, wished vnto them so happy a fall. But these vnthankfull persones thought it not enough wt slaunder and reproch to teare me asunder, but that now also as blynd rage and madnesse hath taken away all sinceritie and vprightnesse of mynde and iudgement to lye in wayte, and lay snares for my lyfe.