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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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Then they with melting hearts opening their minds one to an other, when he saw his wife not released, & perceiving that he had not done well, he declared unto her the whole matter, how falsely he was circumvented by the subtle flatterings of the Bishop, bearing him in hand that certainly she had recanted: and thus deceiving me (said he) brought this unto me,1 and so plucked out of his bosom the copy of the recantation, whereunto he had granted his promise. At the sight whereof the wife hearing what her husband had done, her hart clave a sunder, saying: Alack, thus long have we continued one, and hath Satan so prevailed, to cause you to break your first vow made to Christ in Baptism? And so departed the said W. and Joan his wife, with what hearts the Lord knoweth. Then began he not a little to bewail his promise made to the Bishop, and to make his prayer to almighty God, desiring him that he might not live so long as to call evil good, and good evil: or light darkness, or darkness light, and so departed he home toward his house: where by the way homeward (as it is affirmed) he took his death and shortly after departed according to his prayer, after he had endured in prison xii. weeks.
Then they with melting hartes opening their minds one to an other, when he saw hys wife not released, & perceauing that he had not done well, he declared vnto her ye whole matter, how falsely he was circumuented by ye subtile flatteringes of the Byshop, bearyng him in hand that certaynly she had recanted: and thus deceiuing me (sayde he) brought this vnto me,1 and so plucked out of hys bosome the copy of the recantation, whereunto he had granted his promise. At the sight whereof the wife hearyng what her husband had done, her hart claue a sunder, saying: Alacke, thus long haue we continued one, and hath Satan so preuayled, to cause you to breake your first vow made to Christ in Baptisme? And so departed the saide W. and Ioane his wife, with what heartes the Lorde knoweth. Then began hee not a little to bewayle his promyse made to the Bishop, and to make hys prayer to almighty God, desiring him that he might not liue so long as to cal euill good, and good euill: or light darkenes, or darkenes light, and so departed he home toward hys house: where by the way homeward (as it is affirmed) he took his death and shortly after departed according to his prayer, after he had endured in prison xii. weekes.