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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 2] 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 2] 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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and to tell you the truth,1 what I have thought always in him, I have known hitherto few such so prompt, and ready to do every man good, after his power, both friends and foe, noisome wittingly to no man, and toward his enemy so charitable: so seeking to reconcile them, as he did, I have known yet not many, and to be short in a sum a very simple good soul, nothing fit nor meet for this wretched world, whose blind fashion and miserable state (yea far from Christs doctrine) he could as evil bear, and would sorrow, lament and bewail it as much as any man that ever I knew: as for his singular learning, as well in holy scripture, as in all other good letters, I will not speak of it. Notwithstanding if he either now of late, or at any time attempted any thing contrary to the obedience which a christian man doth owe, either to his prince or to his bishop, I neither do nor will allow and approve that, neither in him nor yet in any other man: we be all men, and ready to fall: wherefore he that standeth, let him beware he fall not. Now he ordered or misordered himself in judgement, I cannot tell, nor I will not meddle withal: God knoweth, whose judgements I will not judge. But I cannot but wonder, if a man living so mercifully, so charitably, so patiently, so continently, so studiously, and virtuously, and killing his old Adam, that is to say, mortify his evil affections, & blind motions of his hart, so diligently should dye an evil death, there is no more but let him y• standeth beware that he fall not: for if such as he shall dye evil, what shall become of me such a wretch as I am? but let this go, a little to the purpose, and come to the point we must rest upon. Either my Lord of London will judge my outward man only, as it is sayde, Omnes vident quae foris sunt, or els he will be my God, & judge mine inward man, as it sayd Deus autem intuetur cor: if he will have to do only with mine outward man, and meddle with mine outward conversation, how that I have ordered my self toward my christen brethren the kings liege people, I trust I shall please and content both my Lord God, and also my Lord of London: for I have preached and teached but according to holy scripture, holy fathers, and ancient interpreters of the same, with the which I think, my Lord of London will be pacified:
and to tell you the truth,1 what I haue thought alwayes in him, I haue knowne hetherto few such so prompt, and ready to doe euery man good, after hys power, both frends and foe, noysome wittingly to no man, and toward hys enemy so charitable: so seking to reconcile them, as he did, I haue knowne yet not many, and to be shorte in a summe a very simple good soule, nothing fitte nor meete for thys wretched worlde, whose blinde fashion and miserable state (yea farre from Christes doctrine) he could as euill beare, and would sorow, lamēt and bewayle it as much as any man that euer I knew: as for his singular learning, as well in holy scripture, as in all other good letters, I will not speake of it. Notwythstanding if he eyther now of late, or at any tyme attempted any thing contrary to the obedience whiche a christian man doth owe, eyther to hys prince or to hys byshoppe, I neyther do nor will allowe and approue that, neyther in hym nor yet in any other man: we be all men, and readye to fall: wherfore he that standeth, let hym beware hee fall not. Now he ordered or misordered hymself in iudgemeēt, I cannot tell, nor I will not meddle wythall: God knoweth, whose iudgementes I will not iudge. But I cannot but wonder, if a man liuyng so mercifully, so charitablye, so paciently, so continently, so studiously, and vertuously, and killyng hys old Adam, that is to say, mortifie his euill affections, & blynde motions of hys hart, so dilligently should dye an euill death, there is no more but let hym y standeth beware that he fall not: for if such as he shall dye euill, what shall become of me such a wretch as I am? but let this goe, a little to the purpose, and come to the poynt we must rest vpon. Eyther my Lord of London wil iudge my outward man onely, as it is sayde, Omnes vident quae foris sunt, or els he will be my God, & iudge mine inwarde manne, as it sayd Deus autem intuetur cor: if he will haue to do onely with mine outward man, and meddle with mine outward conuersation, how that I haue ordered my selfe towarde my christen brethren the kynges liege people, I trust I shall please and content both my Lorde God, and also my Lorde of London: for I haue preached and teached but accordyng to holy scripture, holy fathers, and ancient interpretours of the same, with the whiche I thinke, my Lord of London will be pacified: