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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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Therefore, whereas ye will pray for agreement both in the truth, and in uttering of the trueth, when shall that be as long as we will not hear the trueth▪ but disquiet with crafty conveyance the Preachers of the trueth, because they reprove our evilness with the truth, And to say trueth better it were to have a deformity in preaching, so that some would preach the truth of God, and that which is to be preached, without cauponation and adulteration of the word (as Lyranus saith in his time few did, what they do now a days I report me to them that can judge) then to have such an uniformity, that the silly people should be thereby occasioned to continue still in their lamentably ignorance, corrupt judgement, superstition and Idolatry, and esteem things as they do all, preposterously, doing that, that they need not for to do, leaving undone that they ought to do, for lack or want of knowing what is to be done, and so show their love to God, not as God biddeth (which saith: Si diligitis me, praecepta mea seruate.1 And agayne: Qui habet praecepta mea & facit ea, hic est qui diligit me) but as they bid qui quaerunt quae sua sunt, non quae Jesu Christi. i. Which seek their own things: not Christs as though to tithe mint were more, then judgement, faith, and mercy.
Therefore, whereas yee will pray for agreement both in the truth, and in vttering of the trueth, when shall that be as longe as we will not heare the trueth▪ but disquiet with crafty conueiance the Preachers of the trueth, because they reprooue our euilnesse with the truth, And to say trueth better it were to haue a deformity in preaching, so that some would preach the truth of God, and that which is to be preached, without cauponation and adulteration of the word (as Lyranus sayth in his time few did, what they do now a dayes I report me to them that can iudge) then to haue such an vniformity, that the sely people should be thereby occasioned to continue still in theyr lamentably ignorance, corrupt iudgement, superstition and Idolatry, and esteeme thinges as they doe all, preposterously, doyng that, that they neede not for to doe, leauing vndone that they ought to doe, for lacke or want of knowing what is to be done, and so shewe theyr loue to God, not as God biddeth (which sayth: Si diligitis me, praecepta mea seruate.1