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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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Wood. I believe verily that I have the spirit of God.
Wood. I beleeue verely that I haue the spirite of God.
Chich. You boast more then ever Paul did, or any of the apostles, the which is great presumption.
Chich. You boast more then euer Paul did, or any of the apostles, the which is great presumption.
Wood. 1I boast not in my self but in the gift of God, as Paul did: for he said, he believed verily that he had the spirit of God, making thereof no doubts, in the 1. to the Cor. the 7. chap.
Wood. 1I boast not in my selfe but in the gift of God, as Paule did: for he sayd, he beleued verily that he had ye spirit of God, makyng thereof no doubts, in the 1. to the Cor. the 7. chap.
Wood. If it be not so, let me be burned to morrow.
Wood. If it be not so, let me be burned to morow.
Story. Thou shalt not be burned to morrow, but thou shalt be burned within these 6. days, I promise thee.
Story. Thou shalt not be burned to morow, but thou shalt be burned within these 6. dayes, I promise thee.
Chich If it be so, it is wrong translated, as it is in a thousand places more.
Wood. 1Then one looked in a Latin Testament, and another in a Greek Testament, and they said, it was in them both, that Paul supposed that he had the spirit of God, but he was not sure.
Wood. 1Then one looked in a Latine Testament, and another in a Greeke Testament, and they said, it was in them both, that Paul supposed that he had the spirit of God, but he was not sure.
Chich. Even so I hope and suppose that I have the spirit of God, but I am not sure.
Chich. Euen so I hope and suppose that I haue the spirite of God, but I am not sure.
Wood. If that place be wrong translated, and so many places of the Bible as you say, then I may say with Christ, it cannot be avoided, but offences must be given: But woe unto them by whom they come. I may say woe unto false Translators. For cursed are they that add or take away. But take you heed that you belie not the Translators. I believe they had the fear of God more before their eyes then you report of them. And yet if that place be wrong translated, I can prove places enough that Paul had the spirit of God, as I my self and all Gods elect have.
Wood. If that place be wrong trāslated, and so many places of the Bible as you say, then I may say with Christ, it cannot be auoyded, but offences must be geuen: But woe vnto them by whom they come. I may say woe vnto false Translaters. For cursed are they that adde or take away. But take you heed that you belie not the Translaters. I beleeue they had the feare of God more before their eies then you report of them. And yet if that place bee wrong translated, I can prooue places enough that Paule had the spirit of God, as I my selfe and all Gods elect haue.
Chich. How prove you that?
Chich. How prooue you that?
Wood. No man can believe that Jesus is the Lord, but by the holy Ghost. 1First to the Corrinth. the 7. chap. I do believe that Jesus Christ is my redeemer, and that I shall be saved from all my sins, by his death and bloudsheding, as Paul and all the Apostles did, and as all faithful people ought to do, which no man can do without the spirit of God. And there is no damnation to them that are in Christ Jesus: so is there no salvation to them that are not in Christ Jesus.2 For he that hath not the spirit of Christ, is none of his, but is a cast away as he saith in the same text. And again: We have not received the spirit of bondage, 3to fear any more, but we have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry Abba father. The same spirit certifieth our spirits that we are the sons of God. Here are proofs enough, that Paul was sure that he had the spirit of God.4 Also S. John saith: He that believeth not that Christ is come in the flesh, is an Antichrist, & denieth both the Father and the Son: which is sin against the holy Ghost, which shall never be forgiven in this world, nor in the world to come. Besides all this, He that believeth in God, dwelleth in God, and God in him. So is it impossible to believe in God, unless God dwell in us. Oh good God, what more injury can be done unto thee, then to mistrust that we have received thy holy spirit by thy gift? Thus may all men see their blindness, and whose servants they be, as they do declare themselves both by their words and deeds.
Wood. No man can beleeue that Iesus is the Lorde, but by the holy Ghost. 1First to the Corrinth. the 7. chap. I do beleeue that Iesus Christ is my redeemer, and that I shall bee saued from all my sinnes, by his death and bloudsheding, as Paule and all the Apostles did, and as all faithfull people ought to do, which no man can doe without the spirite of God. And there is no damnation to thē that are in Christ Iesus: so is there no saluation to them yt are not in Christ Iesu.2
Story. Oh my Lord, what an heretic is this same? Why hear you him? Send him to prison to his fellows in the Marshalsea, and they shall be dispatched within these xij. days.
Story. Oh my Lord, what an heretike is this same? Why heare you hym? Sende hym to prison to his fellowes in the Marshalsee, and they shall bee dispatched within these xij. dayes.
Wood. When I heard him say so, I rejoiced greatly in my hart, desiring God if it were his will, to keep him in that mind. For I looked surely to have gone to the B. of London's coalhouse, or to Lollards tower: yea I thought my self happy if I might have gone to Lollards tower: but it pleased God to put in the hearts of them to send me to the Marshalsea amongst our brethren and my old prison fellows:1 So mercifully hath God dealt with me in casing of my burden, that I looked for. So when they perceived that I feared not imprisonment, but rather rejoiced as they well perceived. Then said the B. Me thinks he is not afraid of the prison.
Wood. When I heard hym say so, I reioyced greatly in my hart, desiring God if it were his will, to keepe hym in that mynd. For I looked surely to haue gone to the B. of Londons colehouse, or to Lollards tower: yea I thoght my selfe happy if I might haue gone to Lollardes tower: but it pleased God to put in the hartes of them to send me to the Marshalsee amongst our brethren and my olde prison fellowes:1 So mercifully hath God delt with mee in casing of my burden, that I looked for. So when they perceiued that I feared not imprisonment, but rather reioyced as they well perceiued. Then said the B. Me thinkes he is not afraid of the prison.
Wood. No, I praise the living God.
Wood. No, I praise the liuyng God.
