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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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Here hast thou (Christian reader) before thine eyes, an horrible spectacle of a singular, yea of a double impiety, first of an unnatural husband,1 witnessing against his own wife: and of as unnatural children, accusing and witnessing against their own natural mother. Which although they had so done, the cause being of it self just and true (as it was not) yet had they done more then nature would have led them to do. Now the case being such, as which by Gods word standeth firm, sound, and perfect, what impiety were it for men to accuse a poor innocent in case of heresy, which is no heresy? Now besides all this, the husband to come in against his own wife, and the children to bring in the knife wherewith to cut the throat of their own natural mother that bare them, that nourished them, that brought them up, what is this, but impiety upon impiety,2 prodigious and horrible for all Christian ears to hear? And yet the greatest impiety of all resteth in these pretensed Catholics and Clergymen, which were the authors and causers of all this mischief.
Heere hast thou (Christian reader) before thine eyes, an horrible spectacle of a singular, yea of a double impietie, first of an vnnaturall husband,1 witnessing against his own wife: and of as vnnaturall children, accusing and witnessing against their owne naturall mother. Which although they had so done, the cause being of it selfe iust and true (as it was not) yet had they done more then nature woulde haue led them to do. Now the case being such, as which by Gods word standeth firme, sound, and perfect, what impietie were it for men to accuse a poore innocent in case of heresie, which is no heresie? Now besides all this, the husband to come in against his owne wife, and the children to bring in the knife wherewith to cut the throate of theyr owne naturall mother that bare them, that nourished thē, that brought them vp, what is this, but impietie vpon impietie,2 prodigious and horrible for all Christian eares to heare? And yet the greatest impietie of all resteth in these pretensed Catholickes and Clergiemen, which weare the authors and causers of all this mischiefe.