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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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Winchester.
Touching the promise I answer as afore, & as touching omission of that I should have spoken of,1 by contempt or disobedience, I answer by mine oath: I did not omit any thing (if I did omit it) by contempt or disobedience: for I ever minded to satisfy the promise,2 to speak of all matters in those papers, according to my former declaration. And if I did percase omit any thing (whereof I can make now no assurance being ij. years & a half past since I preached) but if I did omit any thing, who knew my travel in that matter, would not marvel, being troubled with a letter sent from the duke of Somerset, whereof I shall speak after. So as from 4. of the clock, on thursday, till I had done my sermon on y• friday, I did neither drink, eat, ne sleep, so careful was I to pass over the travel of preaching, without all slander of the truth, with satisfaction of my promise, & discharge of my duty to God & the kings most excellent majesty. Wherein, whether any thing were omitted or not, I could have answered more precisely than I can now, if according to my most instant suit, & the suit of my servants, y• matter had been heard while it was in fresh memory. But because omission may be by infirmity of nature, in which oblivion is a pain of our original sin, in which case it is no mortal offence,3 if a man being put in remembrance will purge it, I therefore according to the true testimony of mine own conscience, dare the more boldly deny all contempt & disobedience, having for my declaration a general sentence spoken in my sermon, that I agreed with the upper part in their laws, orders & commandments, or such like words,