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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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1The greatest matter wherewith they burdened John Wikes, was that he had often and of long time kept company with divers persons suspected of heresy (as they termed them) and had received them into his house, and there did suffer and hear them sundry times read erroneous and heretical books, contrary to the faith of the Romish Church, and did also himself consent unto their doctrine: and had many times secretly conveyed them from the taking of such as were appointed to apprehend them.
1THe greatest matter wherewith they burdened Iohn Wikes, was that he had often and of long time kept company with diuers persons suspected of heresie (as they termed them) and had receiued them into his house, and there did suffer and heare them sundry times reade erroneous and hereticall bookes, cōtrary to the faith of the Romish Church, and did also himselfe consent vnto their doctrine: and had many times secretly conueyed them from the taking of such as were appointed to apprehend them.
- 1John Wikes.Iohn Wikes.
1Like as the greatest number of those before mentioned: so were also John Southake, Richard Butler, John Sam, William King, Robert Durdant, and Henry Woolman, especially charged with speaking words against the real presence of Christs body in the Sacrament of the Altar, and also against Images, and the rest of the seven Sacraments. Howbeit, they burdened the last v. persons with the reading of certain English heretical books, accounting most blasphemously the Gospel of Jesus Christ, written by the 4. Evangelists, to be of that number, as appeareth evidently by the 8. article objected by Tho. Benet Doctor of law, and Chancellor and vicar general unto Rich. Fitziames then Bish. of London, against the said Rich. Butler. The very words of which article (for a more declaration of truth) I have thought good here to infert: which are these.