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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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Besides and above all other notes and examples of his commendation, as touching the chiefest point which ought most to touch all men, for maintaining, promoting, preferring, embracing, zealing and defending the true cause and quarrel of Christs holy gospel, what was his study, his zealous fervency, his admirable constancy therein, by this one example following, amongest many other, may notably appear.
Besides and aboue al other notes and examples of his commendatiō, as touching the chiefest poynt which ought most to touch all men, for mainteining, promoting, preferring, embracing, zealing and defending the true cause and quarell of Christes holy gospell, what was his study, hys zealous feruency, his admirable constancy therin, by thys one example folowing, amongest many other, may notably appeare.
In the days of this K. Edward the sixth, Carolus the Emperor made request to the said king and his counsel to permit Lady Mary (who after succeeded in the crown) to have Mass in her house without prejudice of the law.1 And the council on a time, sitting upon matters of policy having that in question, sent Cranmer then Archbishop of Canterbury, and Ridley then bishop of London, to entreat the king for the same: who coming to his grace alleged their reasons and persuasions for the accomplishing thereof. So the king hearing what they could say, replied his answer again out of the Scriptures, so groundedly, grantly, and fully, that they were enforced to give place to his replication, and grant the same to be true. Then they, after long debating in this manner with his majesty, laboured politicly in an other sort, and alleged what dangers the denying thereof might bring to his grace, what breach of amity of the Emperors part, what troubles, what unkindness, & what occasions sundry ways it would enforce, &c. Unto whom the king answered, willing them to content themselves, for he would (he said) spend his life and all be had, rather than to agree & grant to that he knew certainly to be against the trueth. The which when the Bishops heard, notwithstanding they urged him still to grant, and would by no means have his nay. Then the good K. seeing their importunate sure,