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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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It would grow to a long discourse, to comprehend all things by order of circumstance,1 that happened among the Helvetians upon this new alteration of religion: but briefly to contract, and to run over the chief specialties of the matter, here is first to be noted, that of the Helvetians, which were confederate together in 13. Pages, chiefly six there were, which most disdained and maligned this religion of the Tigurines: to wit, Lucernates, Urani, Suitenses, Unterualdij, Tugiani, Friburgenses: These in no case could be reconciled.2 The rest showed themselves more favourable. But the other, which were their enemies, conceived great grudge, & raised many slanderous reports and false rumours against them, and laid divers things to their charge, as first for refusing to join their consent to the public league of the other Pages, with Frances the french king: then for dissenting from them in religion: and thirdly for refusing to stand to the Popish decree made the year before at Ratisborne, by Ferdinandus and other bishops above mentioned, pag. 838. They laid moreover to their accusation, for aiding the Uvalsutenses their neighbours, against Ferdinandus their Prince, which was false. Also for joining league secretly, with other Cities, without their knowledge, which was likewise false. Item, that they should intend some secrete conspiracy against them, and invade them with war, which was as untrue as the rest.3 Many other quarrels besides, they pretended against the Tigurines, which were all false and cavilling slanders: as that they should teach and preach that Mary the mother of Christ had moe sons, & that James the younger, the Apostle, did die for us, and not Christ himself. Against these and such other untruths, being mere matters of cavillation and slander,4 the Tigurines did fully and amply purge and acquit themselves by writing, and did expostulate vehemently with them, not only for these false and wrongful suspicions of their parts undeserved, but also for other manifold injuries received and borne at their hands: among which other wrongs and injuries, this was one, that the Burghmaster of Turegia had apprehended a certain preacher,5