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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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Forasmuch as we are advertised, that amongst other disorders of our subjects,1 at this present there be divers of our city of London, and other places within your Diocese which being very negligent and forgetful of their duty to almighty God, of whom all good things are to be looked for, do assemble themselves very seldom & fewer times then they were heretofore accustomed, unto common prayer and to the holy Communion, being now a time when it were more needful with hart and mind to pray to our heavenly father for his aid and succour: whereof as we be right sorry, so we do understand, that through your evil example and the slackness of your preaching, and instructing our said people to do their duties, this offence to God is most generally committed: for where heretofore upon all principal feasts, and such as were called Maius duplex, you your self were wont to execute in person, now since the time that we by the advise of our whole Parliament have set a most godly and devout order in our Church of England and Ireland, ye have very seldom or never executed upon such or other dais, to the contempt of our proceedings & evil example of others: & forasmuch as it is also brought to our knowledge, that divers as well in London as in other places of your Diocese, do frequent and haunt foreign rites of masses, and such as be not allowed by the orders of our realm,2 & contemneth and forbeareth to praise and laud God, and pray unto his majesty after such rites and ceremonies, as in this realm are approved & set out by our authority: and further that adultery and fornication is maintained and kept openly and commonly in the said city of London & other places of your Diocese, whereby the wrath of god is provoked against our people: of the which things, you being heretofore admonished,3 yet hitherto have made no redress, as to the pastoral office, authority, & cure of a bishop doth appertain: We therefore, to whom the supreme cure and charge of this Church doth appertain, to avoid from us the high indignation of almighty God, by the advise of our most entirely beloved Uncle the L.
FOrasmuch as we are aduertised, that amongst other disorders of our subiects,1