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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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Linc. Well M. Ridley, we will first see what you have written, & then if we shall think it good to be red, you shall have it published: but except you will deliver it first, we will take none at all of you. With that M. Ridley seeing no remedy, delivered it to an Officer, which immediately delivered it to the Bishop of Lincoln, who after he had secretly communicated it to the other two Bishops, declared the sense, but would not read it as it was written,1 saying, that it contained words of blasphemy: therefore he would not fill the ears of the audience therewithal and so abuse their patience: notwithstanding M. Ridley desired very instantly to have it published, saying, that except a line or two, there was nothing contained but the ancient Doctors sayings for the confirmation of his assertions. After the said Bishops had secretly viewed the whole, then the Bishop of Lincoln said: In the first part master Ridley, is nothing contained but your protestation, that you would not have these your answers so to be taken, as though you seemed thereby to consent to the authority or jurisdiction of the Popes holiness.
Linc. Well M. Ridley, we wyll first see what you haue written, & then if we shall thinke it good to be red, you shal haue it published: but except you wyll deliuer it first, we wyll take none at all of you. With that M. Ridley seeing no remedy, deliuered it to an Officer, which immediatly deliuered it to the Bishop of Lincolne, who after he had secretly communicated it to the other two Bishops, declared the sense, but would not read it as it was written,1 saying, that it conteined wordes of blasphemie: therefore he would not fill the eares of the audience therewithall and so abuse their pacience: notwithstandyng M. Ridley desired very instantly to haue it published, saying, that except a line or two, there was nothing conteyned but the auncient Doctors sayinges for the confirmation of his assertions. After the sayd Bishops had secretly vewed the whole, then the Bishop of Lincolne sayd: In the first part master Ridley, is nothyng conteyned but your protestation, that you would not haue these your aunsweres so to be taken, as though you seemed thereby to consent to the aucthority or iurisdiction of the Popes holines.
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