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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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Priest. He eat the body of Christ unworthily, as S. Paul saith.
Priest. He eat the body of Christ vnworthely, as S. Paule sayth.
Wood. Nay, S. Paul saith no such thing. He speaketh not of eating of his body unworthily, but of the sacrament unworthily. For he saith: Who soever eateth of this bread, & drinketh of this cup unworthily, eateth and drinketh his own damnation, because he maketh no difference of the Lords body: and not because he eateth the Lords body. If Judas had eat Christs body,1 it must needs follow that Judas is saved. For Christ saith in the sixth of John: Who so ever eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life, and I will raise him up again at the last day.
Wood. Nay, S. Paule sayth no such thing. He speaketh not of eating of his body vnworthely, but of the sacrament vnworthely. For he sayth: Who soeuer eateth of this bread, & drinketh of this cup vnworthely, eateth and drinketh his owne damnation, because he maketh no difference of the Lordes body: and not because he eateth the Lordes body. If Iudas had eat Christes body,1 it must needes folow that Iudas is saued. For Christ sayth in the sixt of Iohn: Who so euer eateth my flesh, and drinketh my bloud, hath eternall life, and I will raise him vp agayne at the last day.
Priest. My Lord, this man is an interpreter after his own mind.
Priest. My Lord, this man is an interpreter after his own minde.
Chich. I see it is but folly to talk with you: it is but lost labour. How say you? Do you not believe, that after the words be said,1 there remaineth neither bread nor wine, but the very body of Christ really? make me a plain answer, for I will talk no more with you.
Chich. I see it is but folly to talke with you: it is but lost labour. How say you? Doe you not beleue, that after the wordes be sayd,1 there remayneth neither bread nor wyne, but the very body of Christ really? make me a playne aunswere, for I will talke no more with you.
Wood. I will make you no direct answer, how I believe of the true Sacrament. I do believe, that if I come to receive the Sacrament of the body and blood of Christ, truly ministered,1 believing that Christ was borne for me, and that he suffered death for me, and that I shall be saved from my sins by his bloudshedding, & so receiving the Sacrament in that remembrance, then I believe I do receive wholly Christ, God and man, mystically by faith: this is my belief.
Wood. I will make you no directe aunswere, howe I beleue of the true Sacrament. I doe beleue, that if I come to receiue the Sacrament of the body and bloud of Christ, truely ministred,1 beleuing that Christ was borne for mee, and that he suffered death for me, and that I shall be saued from my sinnes by his bloudshedding, & so receiuing the Sacrament in that remembraunce, then I beleue I do receiue wholly Christ, God and mā, mistically by fayth: this is my beliefe.
Chich. Why then it is no body without faith. Gods word is of no force, as you count it.
Chich. Why then it is no body without fayth. Gods word is of no force, as you count it.
Wood. My Lord, I have told you my mind without dissimulation, & more you get not of me, without you will talk with me by the Scriptures: and if you will do so, I will begin anew with you, & prove it more plainly three or four manner of ways, that you shall not say nay to that I have said, your self. Then they made a great laughing, and said: This is an Heretic in deed, it is time he were burned: Which words moved my spirit, and I said to them: Judge not least you be judged. For as you judge me, you shall be judged your selves. For that you call heresy, I serve God truly with, as you all shall well know, when you shall be in hell, and have blood to drink, and shall be compelled to say for pain: This was the man that we jested on, & whose talk we thought foolishness, and his end to be without honour:1 but now we may see how he is counted among the Saints of GOD, and we are punished. These words shall you say, being in hell, if you repent not with speed, if you consent to the shedding of my blood: wherefore look to it, I give you counsel.
Wood. My Lorde, I haue tolde you my minde without dissimulation, & more you get not of me, without you will talke with me by the Scriptures: and if you will do so, I will beginne anew with you, & proue it more plainly thre or foure maner of wayes, that you shall not say nay to that I haue sayd, your selfe. Then they made a great laughing, and sayd: Thys is an Hereticke in deede, it is time he were burned: Which wordes moued my spirite, and I sayde to them: Iudge not least you be iudged. For as you iudge me, you shall be iudged your selues. For that you call heresy, I serue God truely with, as you all shall well know, when you shalbe in hell, and haue bloud to drinke, and shalbe compelled to say for payne: This was the mā that we iested on, & whose talke we thought foolishnes, and his end to be without honour:1 but now we may see how he is counted among the Sayntes of GOD, and we are punished. These wordes shall you say, being in hell, if you repent not with speed, if you consent to the shedding of my bloud: wherefore looke to it, I geue you counsell.
Priest. What, you be angry, me thinks. Now I will say more to you, then I thought to have done. You were at Baxill a twelve month agone, & sent for the Parson & talked with him in the Churchyard, and would not go into the church: for you said: it was the Idols temple. Yea I was with mine old Lord, when he came to the Kings Bench to you, and you said many stout words to him.
Priest. What, you be angry, me thinkes. Now I will saye more to you, then I thought to haue done. You were at Baxill a twelue moneth agone, & sent for the Parson & talked with him in the Churchyard, and would not goe into the church: for you sayd: it was the Idols temple. Yea I was with mine olde Lorde, when he came to the Kinges Bench to you, and you sayd many stout wordes to him.
Wood. That I said, I said: and where you said, I was angry, I take God to my record, I am not, but am zealous in the truth,1 & speak out of the spirit of God with cheerfulness.
Wood. That I sayde, I sayde: and where you sayde, I was angrye, I take God to my recorde, I am not, but am zelous in the truth,1 & speake out of the spirite of God with chearefulnes.
Priest. The spirit of God? hough, hough, hough: think you that you have the spirit of God?
Priest. The spirite of God? hough, hough, hough: thinke you that you haue the spirit of God?
Wood. I believe surely that I have the spirit of GOD, I praise God therefore: and you be deceivers, mockers, and scorners before God, and be the children of hell, all the sort of you, as far as I can see. And therewith came in D. Story, pointing at me with his finger, speaking to the bishop in Latin, saying at length.
Wood. I beleue surely that I haue the spirite of GOD, I praise God therfore: and you be deceiuers, mockers, and scorners before God, and be the childrē of hel, all the sort of you, as farre as I can see. And therwith came in D. Story, poynting at me with his finger, speaking to the bishop in Latin, saying at length.
Story, I can say nothing to him, but he is an heretic.1 I have heard you talk this hour and a half, and can hear no reasonableness in him.
Story, I can say nothing to him, but he is an hereticke.1 I haue heard you talke this houre and a halfe, and can heare no reasonablenes in him.
Wood. Judge not, lest you be judged: for as you judge, you shall be judged your self.
Wood. Iudge not, lest you be iudged: for as you iudge, you shalbe iudged your selfe.
Story. What be you a preaching? you shall preach at a stake shortly with your fellows. My Lord, trouble your self no more with him. With these words, one brought word that the Abbot of Westminster was come to dine with the Bishop, and many other gentlemen and women. Then there was rushing away with speed to meet him. Then said Doctor Story to my keeper.
Story. What be you a preaching? you shal preach at a stake shortly with your felowes. My Lord, trouble your self no more with him. With these wordes, one brought woorde that the Abbot of Westminster was come to dyne with the Byshop, and many other gentlemen and women. Then there was rushing away with speed to meet him. Then sayd Doctor Story to my keeper.
Story. Cary him to the Marshalsea again,1 and let him be kept close, and let no body come to speak with him.
Story. Cary him to the Marshalsee againe,1 and let him be kept close, and let no body come to speake with him.
Wood. And so they departed. Then one of the priests begun to flatter with me, and said: for Gods sake remember your self. God hath given you a good wit: you have read the scriptures well, & have borne them well in memory: It were great pity you should do amiss.
Wood. And so they departed. Then one of the priestes begon to flatter with me, and sayd: for Gods sake remember your selfe. God hath geuen you a good wit: you haue read the scriptures well, & haue borne them wel in memory: It were great pity you should do amisse.
