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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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Book 12 › ¶The effect of Doctor Pernes Sermon against M. Bucer.
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As he was telling his tale of Christ, Mary, and Joseph, one of them that heard him, a pleasant & merry conceited fellow, turning himself to him that stood next him, and if it be true (quoth he) that this man preacheth, which of them I pray you (if a man might spur him a question) bare the cross before them?1 for that might not be missing in such solemn ceremonies. Not only this man jested at the Preachers folly, but divers other also laughed at his manifest unshamefastnes, in preaching these so vain and foolish superstitions.
As he was tellyng his tale of Christ, Mary, and Ioseph, one of them that heard hym, a pleasaunt & mery conceited fellow, turnyng himselfe to him that stood next him, and if it be true (quoth he) that this man preacheth, which of them I pray you (if a man might spurre him a question) bare the crosse before them?1 for that might not be missing in such solemne ceremonies. Not onely this man iested at the Preachers folly, but diuers other also laughed at his manifest vnshamefastnes, in preaching these so vain and foolish superstitions.
- 1A question to be spurred to D. Watson.
While he was thus talking to his audience,1 John Christopherson elected B. of Chichester, being stricken with a sudden sickness, fell down in a sound among the press, & with much ado, being scarce able a good while to come to himself again, in the mean time babbled many things unadvisedly, and as though he had been out of his wits. Some thought it came upon this occasion, because he had been greatly accused before the Commissioners for mispē ding & misordering the goods of the College, & therefore was grieved with the matter, knowing that they had ben offended with him, by that that Ormanet had cancelled before his face a Lease of his, by the which he had let to farm to his brother in law a certain Manor of that college, because the covenants seemed unreasonable.