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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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Dearly beloved brother Grindall, I say to you and all the rest of our brethren in Christ with you, rejoice in the Lord, and as ye love me and the other my reverend fathers and concaptives (which undoubtedly are Gloria Christi,) lament not our state, but I beseech you and them all to give to our heavenly Father for his endless mercies and unspeakable benefits even in the middest of all our troubles given unto us,1 most hearty thanks. For know ye, that as the weight of his cross hath increased upon us, so he hath not nor doth not cease to multiply his mercies to strengthen us, and I trust, yea by his grace I doubt nothing, but he will so do for Christ our Masters sake, even to the end. To hear that you and our other brethren do find in your exile favour and grace with the Magistrates, Ministers, and Citizens, at Tigury, at Frankford, and other where, it doth greatly comfort (I dare say) all here that do in deed love Christ and his true word. I ensure you it warmed my hart, to hear you by chance to name some, as Scory and Cox. &c. Oh that it had come in your mind to have said somewhat also of Cheek, of Turner, of Leaver, of Sampson, of Chambers, but I trust in God they be all well. And sir, seeing you say, that there be in those parties with you of students and Ministers so good a number, now therefore care ye not for us, otherwise then to wish that Gods glory may be set forth by us. For whensoever God shall call us home (as we look daily for none other, but when it shall please God to say, come) you, blessed be God, are enough through his aid, to light and set up again the lantern of his word in England. As concerning the copies ye say ye have with you, I wonder how ever they did and could find the way to come to you. My disputation, except he have that which I gathered my self after the disputation done, I can not think ye have it truly. If ye have that, then ye have therewithal the whole manner after the which I was used in the disputation.
Dearely beloued brother Grindall, I say to you and all the rest of our brethren in Christe with you, reioyce in the Lord, and as ye loue me and the other my reuerend fathers and concaptiues (whiche vndoubtedly are Gloria Christi,) lament not our state, but I beseech you and them all to geue to our heauenly Father for his endlesse mercies and vnspeakeable benefits euen in the myddest of all our troubles geuen vnto vs,1 most harty thankes. For knowe ye, that as the weight of his crosse hath increased vpō vs, so he hath not nor doth not cease to multiply his mercies to strengthen vs, and I trust, yea by his grace I doubt nothing, but he will so do for Christe our Maisters sake, euen to the end. To heare that you and our other brethren doo finde in your exile fauour and grace with the Magistrates, Ministers, and Citizens, at Tigury, at Frankford, and other where, it doth greatly comfort (I dare say) all here that do in deede loue Christe and his true woorde. I ensure you it warmed my hart, to heare you by chaunce to name some, as Scory and Coxe. &c. Oh that it had come in your mynde to haue sayd somewhat also of Cheeke, of Turner, of Leauer, of Sampson, of Chambers, but I trust in God they be all well. And sir, seeyng you say, that there be in those parties with you of studentes and Ministers so good a number, nowe therefore care ye not for vs, otherwyse then to wish that Gods glory may be set forth by vs. For whensoeuer God shall call vs home (as we looke dayly for none other, but when it shal please God to say, come) you, blessed be God, are enough through his ayde, to light and set vp againe the lanterne of his worde in Englande. As concerning the copies ye say ye haue with you, I wonder how euer they did and could find the way to come to you. My disputation, except he haue that whiche I gathered my selfe after the disputation done, I can not thynke ye haue it truly. If ye haue that, then ye haue therwithall the whole maner after the which I was vsed in the disputation.