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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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He that is hard of belief, let him note and weigh well with himself the places of holy Scriptures, which be appointed in the margin, whereupon this talk is grounded, & by Gods grace he may receive some light. And unto the contemner I have nothing now to say, but to rehearse the saying of the Prophet Isaiah, which Paul spake to the Jews in the end of the Acts of the Apostles. After he had expounded unto them the trueth of Gods word, and declared unto them Christ, out of the Law of Moses and the Prophets, from morning to night all the day long, he said unto them that would not believe: Well (said he) spake the holy Ghost unto our fathers, saying: go unto this people and tell them: ye shall hear with your ears, and not understand, 1and seeing, you shall behold, and not see the thing, for the hart of this people is waxed gross and dull, and with their ears they are hard of hearing, and they have shut together their eyes, that they should not see, nor hear with their ears, nor understand with their hearts, that they might return, and I should heal them, saith the Lord God.
He that is hard of beliefe, let him note and weigh well with himselfe the places of holy Scriptures, which be appoynted in the margent, wherupon this talk is grounded, & by Gods grace he may receyue some light. And vnto the contemner I haue nothing now to say, but to rehearse the saying of the Prophet Esay, which Paule spake to the Iewes in the end of the Actes of the Apostles. After he hadde expounded vnto them the trueth of Gods word, and declared vnto them Chryst, out of the Lawe of Moses and the Prophetes, from morning to night all the day long, he sayd vnto them that would not beleue: Well (sayd he) spake the holy Ghost vnto our fathers, saying: go vnto this people and tell them: ye shall heare with your eares, and not vnderstande, 1and seeing, you shall behold, and not see the thing, for the hart of this people is waxed grosse and dulle, and wyth their eares they are hard of hearing, and they haue shut together their eyes, that they shoulde not see, nor heare with theyr eares, nor vnderstand with their hartes, that they might returne, and I should heale them, sayth the Lord God.
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