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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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Book 7 › ¶The usual prayer of Martin Luther.Book 7 › ¶The vsuall prayer of Martin Luther.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Wherefore we exhort your fraternities, nobilities, & devotions of all and singular in the Lord, and beseech you for Christian charity & religion (for which religion your forefathers oft times have given their blood, to uphold and increase the same) and notwithstanding require you also in virtue of that obedience, which all Christians owe to God & blessed S, Peter,1 and to his Vicar here in earth, that setting aside all other quarrels and dissentions among our selves, you confer your helping hands every man to quench this public fire, and endeavour and study the best way ye can, how to reduce the said M. Luther and all other fautors of these tumults and errors, to better conformity and trade both of life and faith. And if they which be infected, shall refuse to hear your admonitions, yet proved that the other part, which yet remaineth sound, by the same contagion be not corrupted. He to whom all secretes of men are open, doth know how we both for our nature, and also for our pastoral office, whereto we are called, are much more prone to remit, then to revenge. But when this pestiferous canker can not with supple and gentle medicines be cured, more sharper salves must be proved, and fiery searings: the putrefied members must be cut of from the body, least the sound parts also be infected. So God did cast down into hell the schismatical brethren *Dathan and Abiron. And him that would not obey the authority of the priest, God commanded to be punished with death. So Peter prince of the Apostles, denounced sudden death to Ananias, and Sapphira, which lied unto God. So the old and godly Emperors commanded *Jovinianus and Priscillianus, as heretics, to be beheaded. So S▪ Jerome wisheth Vigilantius as an heretic, to be given to the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit might be saved in the day of the Lord. So also did our predecessors in the Council of *Con stance condemn to death John Hus & his fellow Hierome, which now appeareth to revive again in Luther. The worthy* acts and examples of which forefathers, if you in this doings (seeing otherwise ye can not) shall imitate: we do not doubt, but Gods merciful clemency shall eftsoons relieve his Church, which being now sore vexed of infidels, hath her eyes chiefly and principally directed upon you, as being the most puissant and most populous nation that we have in Christendom.