A67926:6354
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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To the 14. Article he said, that on the Monday in the morning following came the bishop of London, Sir William Harbert, master Secretary Peter, & an other whom I know not, who brought with them a paper, with certain articles written in it,1 which they required me to subscribe. Whereupon I most instantly required that my matter might be tried by justice, which although it were more grievous, yet it hath a commodity with it, that it endeth certainly the matter? And I could never yet come to my assured stay, and therefore refused to meddle with any more Articles, or to trouble my self with the reading of them, & yet they desired me so instantly to read them, that I was content, and did read, and to show my perfect obedient mind, offered incontinently upon my delivery out of prison, to make answer unto them, all such as I would abide by and suffer pain for, If I have deserved it. I would in deed gladly have been in hand with my Lord of London, but he said he came not to dispute,2 and said it was the hand of God that I was thus in prison, because I had so troubled other men in my time. Finally my request was, that they should in this form make my answer to my Lords of the Council as followeth: That I most humbly thank them of their good will to deliver me by the way of mercy, but because in respect of mine own innocent conscience I had rather have justice, I desired them,3 seeing both was in the kings Majesties hands, that I might have it, which if it happen to me more grievous, I will impute it to my self, and evermore thank them for their good will, and so departed I with them, as I trust they will testify, and no misbehaviour or demeanour to have been used on my behalf.