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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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Again, whereas the reverend L. Legate (said they) in the name of the Popes holiness hath ben instructed, to declare unto them, that God suffereth this persecution to rise in the Church for the sins of men,1 & that his holiness doth promise, therefore to begin the reformation with his own court, that as the corruption first sprang from thence to the inferior parts, so the redress of all again should first begin with the same: Also, whereas his holiness, of a good & fatherly heart, doth testify in his letters, that he himself did always mislike that the Court of Rome should intermeddle so much, and derogate from the concordats of the princes, and that his holiness doeth fully purpose in that behalf, during his papacy, never to practise the like, but so to endeavour, that every one, and especially the nation of the Germans may have their proper due and right, granting especially to the said nation, his peculiar favour: who setteth not by these premisses, but that this most holy B. omitteth nothing, which a good father or a devout pastor may or ought to do to his sheep? Or who will not be moved hereby to a loving reverence, and to amendment of his defaults, namely seeing his holiness so intendeth to accomplish the same in deed, which in word he promiseth, according as he hath begun.
Againe, wheras the reuerend L. Legate (said they) in the name of the Popes holines hath ben instructed, to declare vnto thē, that God suffreth this persecution to rise in the Church for the sins of men,1 & that his holines doth promise, therefore to begin the reformation with his owne court, that as the corruption first sprāg from thence to the inferior parts, so the redres of al againe should first begin with the same: Also, wheras his holines, of a good & fatherly heart, doth testify in his letters, that he himselfe did alwaies mislike that the Court of Rome should intermeddle so muche, and derogate from the cōcordates of the princes, and that his holines doeth fully purpose in that behalfe, during his papacie, neuer to practise the like, but so to endeuor, that euery one, and especially the nation of the Germanes may haue their proper due and right, graunting especially to the sayde nation, his peculiar fauour: who setteth not by these premisses, but that this moste holy B. omitteth nothing, which a good father or a deuout pastor may or ought to do to his sheepe? Or who wil not be moued hereby to a louing reuerence, and to amendement of his defaultes, namely seeing hys holinesse so intendeth to accomplish the same in deede, which in word he promiseth, according as he hath begon.