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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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Your grace may see what means and craft the Spiritualty (as they will be called) imagine to break and withstand the Acts which were made in your graces last Parliament against their superfluities. Wherefore they that thus do, your Grace may know them not to be true followers of Christ.1 And although I named the spiritualty to be corrupt with this unthrifty ambition: yet I mean not all to be faulty therein, for there be some good of them. Neither will I that your Grace should take away the goods due to the Church, but take away such evil persons from the goods, and set better in their stead.
Your grace may see what meanes and craft the Spiritualty (as they will be called) imagine to breake and withstand the Actes which were made in your graces last Parliamēt against theyr superfluities. Wherfore they that thus do, your Grace may knowe them not to be true folowers of Christ.1 And although I named the spiritualty to be corrupt with this vnthrifty ambition: yet I meane not all to be faulty therein, for there be some good of them. Neyther will I that your Grace should take away the goodes due to the Churche, but take away such euil persons from the goodes, and set better in theyr stead.
- 1Ambition of the spiritualty.Ambition of the spiritualtye.
I name nor appoint no person nor persons, but remit your Grace to the rule of our Saviour Christ, as in Matthew the seventh Chapter:1 By their fruits ye shall know them. As touching the words that our Saviour Christ spake to his Disciples when he sent them to preach his Gospel, they be read in Matthew the fifteenth Chapter, where he showeth,2