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The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of martyrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of marytrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
New-York: printed by William Durell, 1794
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THE third, that every preacher there should declare the whole stile of the king and queen in their sermons.
IN this university of Cambridge, and also of Oxford, by reason of introducing these things, especially for the alteration of religion, many wise and learned men departed from the universities: of whom, some of their own accord gave over, some were thrust out of their fellowships, some were miserably handled: insomuch that in Cambridge, in the college of St. John, there were 24 places void together, in whose rooms were taken in 24 others, which neither in virtue nor religion were to be compared to those that were before. And no less miserable was the estate of Oxford, by reason of the time, and the strait-dealing of the visitors, who for setting forward their papistical proceedings, had no regard or respect to the forwardness of good wits, and the maintenance of good letters, beginning then more and more to flourish in that university.
NOR must we pass over in silence the famous exhortation of Dr. Tresham, who supplying the room of the sub-dean in Christ-church, after he had called the students of the college together, with great eloquence and art, began to commend the dignity of the mass unto them, declaring, that there was stuff enough in the scripture to prove the mass good. Then to allure them to the catholic service of the church, he used these reasons, declaring that there were a goodly company of copes, that were appointed to Windsor, but he had found the queen so gracious unto him, that they should come to Christ's-church. Now, if they like honest men would come to church, they should wear them on holy days. And besides all this, he would get them the lady bells of Bampton, and that should make the sweetest ring in all England. And as for holy water to sprinkle, he had already the fairest that was within the realm. Wherefore he thought that no man would be so mad to forego these commodities, &c.
HENCE appeareth what want of discretion is in the fathers of popery, and into what idle follies such men do fall, whom, if it be his pleasure, may the Lord convince, and open their eyes to see their gross ignorance. But to proceed with our narrative.
ON Monday, November 22d, the parliament met; at the opening whereof, both the king and queen rode to the house of lords in their robes, having two swords borne before them: the earl of Pembroke bore the king's sword, and the earl of Westmoreland the queen's. They had also two caps of maintenance borne before them, whereof the earl of Arundel bore one, and the earl of Shrewsbury the other.
WEDNESDAY, 21st, Cardinal Poole landed at Dover, on which day an act passed for his restitution in blood, utterly repealing, as false and most slanderous, that act made against him in the reign of Henry VIII: and on the next day, November 22d, the king and queen came to the parliament-house to give the royal assent to this act, and to establish the same against his coming.
SATURDAY, 24th, the cardinal came by water to London, and so to Lambeth-house, which was ready prepared against his coming.
SATURDAY, 24th, the cardinal came by water to London, and so to Lambath-house, which was ready prepared against his coming.
WEDNESDAY, 18th, there was a general procession in St. Paul's, for joy that the queen had conceived and quick with child, as was declared in the letter sent from the council to the bishop of London. At this procession, ten bishops, and all the prebendaries of St. Paul's were present, and also the lord mayor with the aldermen, and a great number of the commons of the city in their best array. The following is a copy of the council's letter.
AFTER our hearty commendations unto your good lordship: whereas it hath pleased Almighty God amongst other his infinite benefits of late most graciously poured upon us and this whole realm, to extend his benediction upon the queen's majesty in such sort, as she is conceived and quick of child: whereby her majesty (being our natural liege lady, queen, and undoubted inheritor of this imperial crown) good hope of certain succession in the crown is given unto us, and consequently the great calamities (which for want of such succession might otherwise have fallen upon us and our posterity) shall by God's grace be well avoided, if we thankfully acknowledge this benefit of Almighty God, endeavouring ourselves with earnest repentance to thank, honour and serve him, as we are most bounden: these are not only to advertise you of these good news, to be by you published in all places within your diocese, but also to pray and require you, that both yourself do give God thanks with us for this his especial grace, and also give order that thanks may be openly given by singing of Te Deum in all the churches within your said diocese; and that likewise all priests and other ecclesiastical ministers, in their masses, and other divine services, may continually pray to Almighty God so to extend his holy hand over her majesty, the king's highness, and this whole realm, as this thing, being by his omnipotent power graciously thus begun, may by the same be well continued and brought to good effect, to the glory of his name. Whereupon, albeit we doubt not, ye would of yourself have had special regard without these our letters, yet for the earnest desire we have to have this thing done out of hand, and diligently continued, we have also written these our letters, to put you in remembrance; and so bid your lordship most heartily well to fare. From Westminster, the 27th of November, 1554. Your assured loving friends, S. Winton Arundel F. Shrewsbury Edward Darby Henry Sussex John Bathon R. Rich Thomas W•tthom John Huddilstone R. Southwell.
AFTER our hearty commendations unto your good lordship: whereas it hath pleased Almighty God amongst other his infinite benefits of late most graciously poured upon us and this whole realm, to extend his benediction upon the queen's majesty in such sort, as she is conceived and quick of child: whereby her majesty (being our natural liege lady, queen, and undoubted inheritor of this imperial crown) good hope of certain succession in the crown is given unto us, and consequently the great calamities (which for want of such succession might otherwise have fallen upon us and our posterity) shall by God's grace be well avoided, if we thankfully acknowledge this benefit of Almighty God, endeavouring ourselves with earnest repentance to thank, honour and serve him, as we are most bounden: these are not only to advertise you of these good news, to be by you published in all places within your diocese, but also to pray and require you, that both yourself do give God thanks with us for this his especial grace, and also give order that thanks may be openly given by singing of Te Deum in all the churches within your said diocese; and that likewise all priests and other ecclesiastical ministers, in their masses, and other divine services, may continually pray to Almighty God so to extend his holy hand over her majesty, the king's highness, and this whole realm, as this thing, being by his omnipotent power graciously thus begun, may by the same be well continued and brought to good effect, to the glory of his name. Whereupon, albeit we doubt not, ye would of yourself have had special regard without these our letters, yet for the earnest desire we have to have this thing done out of hand, and diligently continued, we have also written these our letters, to put you in remembrance; and so bid your lordship most heartily well to fare. From Westminster, the 27th of November, 1554. Your assured loving frinds, S. Winton Arundel F. Shrewsbury Edward Darby Henry Sussex John Bathon R. Rich Thomas Wtthom John Huddilstone R. Southwell.
THE same day, in the afternoon, cardinal Poole came to the parliament house, which at that time was kept in the great chamber of the court at Whitehall, for that the queen was then sick, and could not go abroad: where the king and queen's majesty sitting under the cloth of state, and the cardinal sitting on the right hand, with all the other estates of the parliament being present, the bishop of Winchester, being lord chancellor, began in this manner:
MY lords of the upper house, and you my masters of the nether house; here is present the right reverend father in God my lord cardinal Poole, come from the apostolic see of Rome, as ambassador to the king and queen's majesties, upon one of the weightiest causes that ever happened in this realm, and which pertaineth to the glory of God, and your universal benefit. The which embassy their majesties' pleasure is to be signified unto you all by his own mouth, trusting that you will receive and accept it in as benevolent and thankful wise as their highnesses have done, and that you will give a• attentive and inclinable ear unto him.
MY lords of the upper house, and you my masters of the nether house; here is present the right reverend father in God my lord cardinal Poole, come from the apostolic see of Rome, as ambassador to the king and queen's majesties, upon one of the weightiest causes that ever happened in this realm, and which pertaineth to the glory of God, and your universal benefit. The which ambassage their majesties' pleasure is to be signified unto you all by his own mouth, trusting that you will receive and accept it in as benevolent and thankful wise as their highnesses have done, and that you will give a• attentive and inclinable ear unto him.
THE lord chancellor having ended, the cardinal began his oration, wherein he declared the causes of his coming, and what were his desires and requests. In the mean time, the court gate was kept shut until he made an end of his oration.
MY lords all, and you that are in the commons of this present parliament assembled, which in effect is nothing else but the state and body of the whole realm▪ as the cause of my coming hither hath been most wisely and gravely declared by my lord chancellor, so, before I enter upon the particularities of my commission, I have somewhat touching myself, and to give most humble and hearty thanks to the king and queen's majesties, and after them to you all, which of a man exiled and banished from ⟨p. 401⟩this commonwealth, have restored me to be a member of the same, and of a man having no place either here, or elsewhere, within this realm, have admitted me in a place, where to speak and to be heard. This I protest unto you all, that though I was exiled my native country without just cause, as God knoweth, yet the ingratitude could not take from me the affection and desire that I had to profit and do you good. I• the offer of my service might have been received, it was never to seek; and where that could not be taken, you never fa•led of my prayer, nor ever shall.
BUT leaving the rehearsal thereof, and coming more […] to the matter of my commission, I signify unto you all, that my principal travel is for the restitution of this noble realm to the ancient nobility, and to declare unto you, that the see apostolic, from whence I come, had a special respect to this realm above all other, and not without cause, seeing that God himself, as it were by providence, hath given this realm prerogative of nobility above others: which to make more plain unto you, it is to be considered that this […] first of all islands received the light of Christ's […]. For […], it was the first that embraced the christian […].
BUT leaving the rehearsal thereof, and coming more 〈…〉 to the matter of my commission, I signify unto you all, that my principal travel is for the restitution of this noble realm to the ancient nobility, and to declare unto you, that the see apostolic, from whence I come, had a special respect to this realm above all other, and not without cause, seeing that God himself, as it were by providence, hath given this realm prerogative of nobility above others: which to make more plain unto you, it is to be considered that this 〈…〉 first of all islands received the light of Christ's 〈…〉. For 〈…〉, it was the first that embraced the christian 〈…〉.
