A67927:1183
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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No restitution, no salvation▪ which is as well to be understand, de rebus per frauds, technas, & dolos, as de rebus per manifestum furtum & latrocinium partis. Wherefore let not your brother master N. by cavillation continue in the Devils possession. I will do the best I can, and wrestle with the Devil omnibus viribus, to deliver you both from him. I will leave no one stone unmoved, to have both you and your brother saved. There is neither Archbishop nor Bishop, nor yet any learned man either in Universities or elsewhere, that I am acquainted withal that shall not write unto you, and in their writing by their learning confute you. There is no Godly man of Law in this realm that I am acquainted withal, but they shall write unto you, and confute you by the law. There is neither Lord nor Lady, nor yet any noble personage in this Realm, that I am acquainted withal, but they shall write unto you, and Godly threaten you with their authority.
No restitution, no saluation▪ which is as well to bee vnderstand, de rebus per fraudes, technas, & dolos, as de rebus per manifestum furtum & latrocinium partis. Wherefore let not your brother mayster N. by cauillation continue in the Deuils possession. I will doe the best I can, and wrestle with the Deuill omnibꝰ viribus, to deliuer you both frō him. I will leaue no one stone vnmoued, to haue both you and your brother saued. There is neither Archbishoppe nor Byshoppe, nor yet any learned man either in Vniuersities or elswhere, that I am acquaynted withal that shall not write vnto you, and in theyr writing by their learning confute you. There is no Godly man of Lawe in this realme that I am acquaynted withall, but they shall write vnto you, and confute you by the law. There is neither Lord nor Lady, nor yet anye noble personage in this Realme, that I am acquaynted withall, but they shall write vnto you, and Godlye threaten you with their authoritie.
I will do all this: yea,1 and kneel upon both my knees before the kings majesty, and all his honourable Counsel, with most humble petition for your reformation, rather then the Devil shall possess you still, to you final damnation. So that I do not despair, but verily trust, one way or other, to pluck both you, and also your crabbed brother, as crabbed as you say he is, out of the Devils claws, maugre the Devils heart.