A67927:742
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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Now will I speak something further particularly of his person & conditions.1 He was a man right comely & well proportioned in all points, both in complexion & lineaments of the body. He took all things in good part, bearing no malice nor rancour in his hart, but straight ways forgetting all injuries & offences done against him. He was very kind & natural to his kinsfolk, and yet not bearing with them any thing otherwise than right would require, giving them always for a general rule, yea to his own brother & sister, that they doing evil, should seek or look for nothing at his hand, but should be as strangers and aliens unto him, and they to be his brother or sister, which used honesty, and a godly trade of life.
Now will I speake something further particularly of his person & conditiōs.1 He was a man right comly & well proportioned in all poynts, both in cōplexion & lineamēts of the body. He tooke all thinges in good part, bearing no malice nor rancour in his hart, but straight wayes forgetting all iniuries & offēces done agaynst him. He was very kind & naturall to his kinsfolke, and yet not bearyng with them any thing otherwise thē right would require, geuing them alwayes for a generall rule, yea to his own brother & sister, that they doing euill, should seeke or look for nothing at his hand, but shoulde be as straungers and aliens vnto him, and they to be his brother or sister, which vsed honesty, and a godly trade of life.
- 1B· Ridley comely of proportion and complexion. The fair conditions of Bishop Ridley▪ tender to his kindred, ye• not otherwise then truth and right requ• red. B. Ridley • great mortyfier of himself. The order of his study and dye•.B· Ridley comely of proportion and complexion. The fayre conditions of Byshop Ridley▪ tender to his kinred, ye• not otherwise then truth and right requ red. B. Ridley great mortyfier of himselfe. The order of his study and dye.