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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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Then said the accuser, thou hast preached, said, and openly taught divers & sundry other great errors and abominable heresies against all the vij. sacraments, which for shortness of time I pretermit and overpass. Whether doest thou grant thy foresaid Articles that thou art accused of, or no, and thou shalt hear them shortly? and then repeated the accuser the three Articles aforesaid shortly over, and asked him whether he granted or denied them.
Then sayd the accuser, thou hast preached, sayd, and openly taught diuers & sundry other great errours and abhominable heresies against all the vij. sacramentes, which for shortnes of time I pretermit and ouerpasse. Whether doest thou graunt thy foresayd Articles that thou art accused of, or no, and thou shalt heare them shortly? and then repeated the accuser the three Articles aforesayd shortly ouer, and asked him whether he graunted or denied them.
He answered that before he had said of his answers, and that he said nothing, but agreeing to the holy word as he understood, so God judge him, and his own conscience accuse him, and thereby would he abide unto the time he were better instructed by scripture, and the contrary proved,1 even to the death: and said to the Lord Governor and other Lords: if you condemn me for holding by Gods word, my innocent blood shall be required at your hands, when ye shall be brought before the judgement seat of Christ, who is mighty to defend my innocent cause, before whom ye shall not deny it, nor yet be able to resist his wrath:2 to whom I refer the vengeance, as it is written: Vengeance is mine, and I will reward.
He aunswered that before he had said of his aunsweres, and that he sayd nothing, but agreeing to the holy word as he vnderstoode, so God iudge him, and his owne conscience accuse him, and thereby would he abide vnto the time he were better instructed by scripture, and the contrary proued,