A67926:5256
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.
O good God, who can suffer so great a blasphemy? with what a filthy cankered stomach do these Romish swine note the new testament of heresy? who would not judge it a most venomous tongue, which dare pronounce or utter such contumelious words against the holy Gospel of our Saviour Christ? Truly as the Jews which put Christ to death, of all other murderers, even so these men (how so ever they do pronounce me an Archheretic) do fill up the measure of all other heretics: I will not say blasphemies, how then shall these serpents and stock of Vipers escape and fly the judgement of everlasting fire? I do not greatly stand or stay that they do suspect Oecolampadius, Melanchthon, or Erasmus, neither am I so mad to plead their cause who as they are men of singular learning and eloquence, so do their writings manifestly declare, how falsely and wickedly these Sycophants impute this crime & slander of heresy unto them.
O good God, who can suffer so great a blasphemye? with what a filthy cankered stomacke doe these Romishe swine note the new testament of heresie? who would not iudge it a most venemous tongue, which dare pronounce or vtter such contumelious wordes agaynst the holy Gospell of our Sauiour Christ? Truely as the Iewes which put Christ to death, of all other murderers, euen so these men (how so euer they doe pronounce me an Archheretike) do fill vp the measure of all other heretikes: I wyll not say blasphemies, how then shall these serpentes and stocke of Uipers escape and flye the iudgement of euerlastyng fire? I do not greatly stand or stay that they doe suspect Oecolampadius, Melancthon, or Erasmus, neither am I so mad to plead their cause who as they are men of singuler learnyng and eloquence, so doe their writings manifestly declare, how falsly and wickedly these Sicophants impute this crime & slaunder of heresie vnto them.