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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.
To the 15. article. I grant, that upon a Saturday at after noon, even at such time of the day as they were at Evensong in the Chapel at the Court, I was brought thither, and at my coming the Lords of the Counsel said they were all my Judges by special commission, and intended to proceed thus with me: That I should subscribe certain articles which were then read, and I must directly make answer, whether I would subscribe them or no. I answered on my knees in this wise: For the passion of God my Lords be my good Lords, and let me be tried by justice whether I be faulty or no:1 and as for these articles as soon as ye deliver me to my liberty, I would make answer to them whether I would subscribe them or no. Then they having further to say, I answered, these Articles were of divers sorts: some be laws which I may not qualify: some be no laws but learning and fact, which may have divers understandings, & a subscription to them without telling what I mean, were over dangerous:2 and therefore I offered for the more declaration of rain obedience to all their requests, that if they would deliver me the articles into the prison with me, I would shortly make them particular answer, and suffer the pains of the law, that by my answer I might incur unto: Whereupon I was commanded to go a part, and they sent unto me the Lord Treasurer and master Secretary Peter, who communed with me of a mean way, and that liked not the Lords. And then was I called forth again, and my absolute subscription required again, & I again made offer to answer particularly, for I could not with my conscience subscribe them as they were absolutely. And these my considerations, I trust to be just, seeing no man for any commandments ought to offend his conscience, as I must have done in that case.