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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 took me and led me home again to put on my shoes and such gear as I had need off. Then said John Fancover:1 Now your master hath deceived you. You said, you were an Angel, and if you had been an Angel, why did you not flee away from us? Then said I, what be they that ever heard me say that I was an Angel? It is not the first lie by a thousand ye they have made of me. Angels were never begotten of men, nor borne of women: but if they had said, that they had heard me say, that I do trust I am a Saint, they had not said amiss. What, do you think to be a Saint? Yea that I do, and am already in Gods sight,2 I trust in God: for he that is not a Saint in Gods sight already, is a devil. Therefore he that thinketh scorn to be a Saint, let him be a devil. And with the word they had brought me to mine own door: where met with me my father, and willed me to remember my self.
Then they tooke me and led me home again to put on my shooes and suche geare as I had neede off. Then sayde Iohn Fancouer:1 Nowe your maister hath deceiued you. You sayd, you were an Angel, and if you had bene an Angell, whye did you not flee away from vs? Then sayde I, what be they that euer heard me say that I was an Aungel? It is not the first lie by a thousande ye they haue made of mee. Angels were neuer begotten of men, nor borne of women: but if they had saide, that they had heard me saye, that I doe trust I am a Saint, they hadde not said amisse. What, do you thinke to be a Saint? Yea that I do, and am already in Gods sight,2 I trust in God: for he that is not a Saint in Gods sight already, is a deuil. Therefore he that thinketh scorne to be a Saint, let him be a deuil. And with ye woord they had brought me to mine owne doore: where met wt me my father, and willed me to remember my self.
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