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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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This Article is truly mine, & very christian, ⟨p. 1289⟩which I will not suffer to be wrested from me, for all the Popes and papists in the world.1 For this I meant by that doctrine, that repentance is of no force, unless it be done in faith and charity, which thing they also teach them selves, but that they do not know nor teach, neither what faith nor charity is. And therefore in condemning my doctrine, they condemn also their own, foolishly repugning against themselves in their own contradiction. I say therefore that he which teacheth repentance in such wise & manner, that he hath not a greater regard to the promised mercy of God and faith in the same, then to this afflicting and vexing of the mind, he teacheth the repentance of Judas Iscariot, he is pestilent, a devil to mens souls, and a tormentor of consciences. Read the books of those sophisters, where they write of repentance, and thou shalt see there no mention made either of promise or faith. For these lively parts of repentance, they clean omit, & only do vex men with these dead contritions. But hereof we have, and will hereafter entreat more at large. But what should I here stand upon every Article, seeing my books be abroad, wherein I have given a reason of all sufficiently, and more would have done, if mine adversaries also had brought to light theirs.2 For what foolishness is this, that they think to answer me with this one saying, that they count all my sayings as damned, whereas I did write to this end only, that they should acknowledge their errors, wherewith they have so long bewitched the people of God. Neither did I look that I should be condemned, which understanding & knowing the same right well, have justified those things which they have condemned before with sufficient authority, both of scripture and reason. Neither looked I that they should tell me what they thought (for I knew all that well enough) but that I sought of them was to know whether they thought right therein or not. Here looked I to be taught, and behold, none of them all durst once put forth his head. Wherefore I see these asses nothing to understand either the things that I say, or yet themselves. But they be such blind buzzards, that they perceive not what it is that I seek in my books.
This Article is truely mine, & very christian,