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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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First, that if he will needs become a writer in these so furious and outrageous days of ours, he will season his vein of writing with more mildness and charity, & not to give such example of railing to others.
First, that if he will needes become a writer in these so furious and outragious dayes of ours, he will season hys veyne of writing with more mildenes and charitie, & not to geue such example of rayling to others.
Secondly, that he will moderate his judging & condemning of other with more equity and indifferency,1 and not to be so rash and partial. For if she be to be accounted a murderer, which so carefully went about by recantation to save both her self and her child from the fire: what is to be said of them which condemned her so cruelly, and caused both her and the infant to be burned, notwithstanding that she for safeguard of their lives had (as I said) recanted. And yet so partial is he, that in all this invective crying out so intemperately against the woman and the child that were burned, he speaketh never a word of their condemners and true murderers in deed.
Secondly, that hee will moderate hys iudging & condemning of other with more equitie and indifferencie,1 and not to be so rash and partiall. For if shee be to be accompted a murderer, which so carefully went about by recantation to saue both her selfe and her childe from the fire: what is to be sayd of them which condemned her so cruelly, and caused both her and the infant to be burned, notwithstanding that she for safegard of theyr lyues had (as I sayd) recanted. And yet so partiall is hee, that in all this inuectiue crying out so intemperately agaynst the woman and the childe that were burned, he speaketh neuer a worde of theyr condemners and true murderers in deede.
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