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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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O Most mighty Lord God, who regard••• the prayer of the humble, and despisest not their […]; bow down from thine high habitation of the heavens, the eyes ⟨p. 409⟩of thy mercy unto us wretched sinners, bowing the knees of our hearts, and with many and deep sighs bewailing our sins and offences humbly with eyes intent, and hands displayed, praying and beseeching thee, with the shield of thy protection, to defend Mary thy servant, and our queen, who hath none other helper but thee, and whom, through thy grace, thou hast willed to be conceived with child, and at the time of her travail graciously with the help of thy right hand deliver her, and from all danger, with the child in her conceived, mercifully preserve.
O Most mighty Lord God, who regard••• the prayer of the humble, and despisest not their 〈…〉; bow down from thine high habitation of the heavens, the eyes ⟨p. 409⟩of thy mercy unto us wretched sinners, bowing the knees of our hearts, and with many and deep sighs bewailing our sins and offences humbly with eyes intent, and hands displayed, praying and beseeching thee, with the shield of thy protection, to defend Mary thy servant, and our queen, who hath none other helper but thee, and whom, through thy grace, thou hast willed to be conceived with child, and at the time of her travail graciously with the help of thy right hand deliver her, and from all danger, with the child in her conceived, mercifully preserve.
IT hath seemed good in thy sight, merciful Father, by thy servant Mary to work these wonders; that is to say, in her hands to vanquish and overthrow the stout enemy, and to deliver us thy people, out of the hands of heretics, infidels, enemies to thee, and to the cross of thy beloved Son Jesus Christ, that of thy servant thou mightest speak in far countries. Therefore for these wonderful works, which thou dost to thy servants, thou art magnified, Lord God, for ever, and we thy people bless thee the God of heaven, which hath wrought upon us this great mercy, and hath excluded from us the heretic, the enemy of truth, the persecutor of thy church. We know, that we have grievously, Lord, sinned, that we have been deceived by vanity, and that we have forsaken thee our God. Our iniquities are multiplied on our heads, and our sins are increasing up to heaven: and we ourselves having offended, and our princes and our priests, for these our sins, have deserved an hypocrite to our prince, our sins have deserved a tyrant to our governor, that should bring our life to bitterness. We are not worthy to have so gentle and merciful a queen, so godly a ruler, and finally, so virtuous a prince; at the very beginning of whose reign, a new light, as it were, of God's religion seemed to us for to spring and rise. The Jews did bless the widow Judith with one voice, saying, Thou art the glory of Jerusalem, thou art the joy of Israel, thou art the honour of our people, for that thou hast loved chastity, and thou shalt be blessed for ever.
AND we the English people with one agreeable consent do cry, Thou Mary art the glory of England, our joy, the honour of thy people, for that thou hast embraced chastity; thine heart is strengthened, for the hand of our Lord hath comforted thee, and therefore thou shalt be blessed for ever. But bow down, O most merciful Father, thine ear, and open thine eyes, and behold our affliction, and our humble confession. Thou knowest, Lord, that against Philip, not by human, but by thy ordinance our king, and against thy servant Mary, by thy providence our queen, the restorers and maintainers of thy testament of the faith, and most constant defenders of thy church; thou knowest, I say, that against these our two governors, the enemies of thy holy testament, and the church, thy […], be most rank rebels and spiteful murmurers, walking after their lusts, whose mouth speaketh words of pride, to the end they may set up the kingdom of heretics and s•b•smatics. By the power of their hands they would change thy promises, and destroy thine inheritance, and stop and shut up the mouths of them that praise thee, and extinguish the glory of thy catholic church and altar.
AND we the English people with one agreeable consent do cry, Thou Mary art the glory of England, our joy, the honour of thy people, for that thou hast embraced chastity; thine heart is strengthened, for the hand of our Lord hath comfo••ed thee, and therefore thou shalt be blessed for ever. But bow down, O most merciful Father, thine ear, and open thine eyes, and behold our affliction, and our humble confession. Thou knowest, Lord, that against Philip, not by human, but by thy ordinance our king, and against thy servant Mary, by thy providence our queen, the restorers and maintainers of thy testament of the faith, and most constant defenders of thy church; thou knowest, I say, that against these our two governors, the enemies of thy holy testament, and the church, thy 〈…〉, be most rank rebels and spiteful murmurers, walking after their lusts, whose mouth speaketh words of pride, to the end they may set up the kingdom of heretics and s•b•smatics. By the power of their hands they would change thy promises, and destroy thine inheritance, and stop and shut up the mouths of them that praise thee, and extinguish the glory of thy catholic church and altar.
IT is manifest and plain, how many contentions, how many conspiracies and seditions, how great wars, what tumults, how many, and how great troublesome vexations, how many heresies and schisms, (for these are the most ready devices, and evident tokens of heretics) for our sins do hang over us, if thy servant be taken from this life: for we acknowledge that our Lord is omnipotent, who hath pitched his dwelling-place in the midst of his people, to the intent to deliver us out of the hands of our enemies. Turn therefore thy countenance unto us; show unto us, O Lord, thy face. Punish us for our sins according to thy will and pleasure, only now deliver us. We bowing the knees of our heart, beseech thee, that thou wilt not reserve unto us punishment for ever, and we shall praise thee all the days of our life. Hear our cry, and the prayer of thy people, and open to them the treasure of thy mercy, thy gracious favour, the spring of lively water. Thou that hast begun, make in the hand of thy servant a perfect work. Suffer not, we pray thee, the faithless rebels to say of thy servant and her counsellors, that they have devised matters which they cannot perform. And grant unto thy servant an happy and an easy travail. For it is not impossible to thy power, nor indecent to thy justice, nor unwonted to thy mercy.
IT is manifest and plain, how many contentions, how many conspiracies and seditions, how great wars, what tumults, how many, and how great troublesome vexations, how many heresies and schisms, (for these are the most ready devices, and evident tokens of heretics) for our sins do hang over us, if thy servant be taken from this life: for we acknowledge that our Lord is omnipotent, who hath pitched his dwelling-place in the midst of his people, to the intent to deliver us out of the hands of our enemies. Turn therefore thy countenance unto us; shew unto us, O Lord, thy face. Punish us for our sins according to thy will and pleasure, only now deliver us. We bowing the knees of our heart, beseech thee, that thou wilt not reserve unto us punishment for ever, and we shall praise thee all the days of our life. Hear our cry, and the prayer of thy people, and open to them the treasure of thy mercy, thy gracious favour, the spring of lively water. Thou that hast begun, make in the hand of thy servant a perfect work. Suffer not, we pray thee, the faithless rebels to say of thy servant and her counsellors, that they have devised matters which they cannot perform. And grant unto thy servant an happy and an easy travail. For it is not impossible to thy power, nor indecent to thy justice, nor unwonted to thy mercy.
IT is well known unto us, how marvellously thou didst work in Sarah of the age of 90 years, and in Elizabeth the barren, and also far stricken in age: for thy council is not in the power of men. Thou Lord that art the searcher of hearts and thoughts, thou knowest that thy servant never lusted after man, never gave herself to wanton company, nor made herself partaker with them that walk in lightness: but she consented to take an husband with thy fear, and not with her lust. Thou knowest that thy servant took an husband not for carnal pleasure, but only for the desire and love of posterity, wherein thy name might be blessed for ever and ever. Give therefore unto thy servants, Philip our king, and Mary our queen, a male issue, which may sit in the seat of thy kingdom. Give unto our queen thy servant, a little infant, in fashion and body comely and beautiful, in pregnant wit, notable and excellent.
GRANT the same to be in obedience like Abraham, in hospitality like Lot, in chastity and brotherly love like Joseph, in meekness and mildness like Moses, in strength and valour like Sampson. Let him be found faithful as David after thy heart. Let him be wise among kings as the most wise Solomon. Let him be like Job, a simple and an upright man, fearing God, and eschewing evil. Let him finally be garnished with the comeliness of all virtuous conditions, and in the same let him wax old and live, that he may see his children's children to the third and fourth generation. And give unto our sovereign lord and lady, king Philip and queen Mary, thy blessings and long life upon earth; and grant that of them may come kings and ⟨p. 410⟩queens, which may steadfastly continue in faith, love, and holiness. And blessed be their seed of our God, that all nations may know, thou art only God in all the earth, which art blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
GRANT the same to be in obedience like Abraham, in hospitality like Lot, in chastity and brotherly love like Joseph, in meekness and mildness like Moses, in strength and valour like Sampson. Let him be found faithful as David after thy heart. Let him be wise among kings as the most wise Solomon. Let him be like Job, a simple and an upright man, fearing God, and eschewing evil. Let him finally be garnished wih the comeliness of all virtuous conditions, and in the same let him wax old and live, that he may see his children's children to the third and fourth generation. And give unto our sovereign lord and lady, king Philip and queen Mary, thy blessings and long life upon earth; and grant that of them may come kings and ⟨p. 410⟩queens, which may stedfastly continue in faith, love, and holiness. And blessed be their seed of our God, that all nations may know, thou art only God in all the earth, which art blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
O Almighty Father, who didst sanctify the blessed virgin and mother Mary in her conception, and in the birth of Christ our Saviour thine only Son; also by thine omnipotent power didst safely deliver the prophet Jonah out of the whale's belly: defend, O Lord, we beseech thee, thy servant Mary, our queen, with child conceived, and so visit her in and with the godly gift of health, that not only the child thy creature, within her contained, may joyfully come from her into this world, and receive the blessed sacraments of baptism and confirmation, enjoying therewith daily increase of all princely and gracious gifts both of body and soul; but that also she the mother, through thy special grace and mercy, may in time of her travail avoid all excessive grief and pain, and abide perfect and sure from all peril and danger of death, with long and prosperous life, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
TUESDAY, January 10th, nineteen members of the lower-house, with their speaker, came to White-hall to the king, and offered him the government of the realm, and of the issue, if the queen should fail, which was confirmed by act of parliament within ten days after.
WEDNESDAY, 26th, the parliament was dissolved. In this parliament the bishop of Rome was established, and all such laws as were made against him since the twentieth year of king Henry VIII. were repealed, and cardinal Poole, bishop Pates, Lilly, and others, were restored to their blood. Also an act was made, that whoever should speak any thing against the king or queen, or that might move any sedition or rebellion, at the first time to have one of his ears cut off, or to forfeit an hundred marks; and at the second time, to have both his ears cut off, or else to forfeit an hundred pounds: and whosoever should write, cypher, or print any of the premises, to have their right hand cut off.
LIKEWISE in this parliament three statutes were revived for trial of heresy: one made in the fifth year of Richard II. another in the second year of Henry IV. and the third in the second year of Henry V. Also the affair of Mr. Rose, and others that were with him, was communed of in this parliament, and upon that occasion an act was made, that certain evil prayers should be treason against the queen's highness. The prayers of these men were thus: "God turn the heart of queen Mary from idolatry, or else shorten her days."
AT the apprehending of Mr. Rose, and his companions, word was brought thereof to bishop Hooper, being then in the Fleet; whereupon the bishop sent a letter of consolation to the said prisoners: the copy whereof is as follows:
