Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol. 2, part 1] 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.

Another letter of M. Bradford to father Traues.

THe selfe same mercy, grace and peace, which heretofore I haue felt plenteously, thogh now through myne vn∣thankfulnes & wilfull obedience, to the pleasure of thys outward man, I neither feele, neither can bee perswaded that I possesse, yea if I shall truly write, I in maner passe not vpon the same, so far am I fallen the Lord helpe me: the same mercy, &c. I say, I wish vnto you as I can with all encrease of godlines. Hipocritically with my pen and mouth, beseeching you in your earnest prayers to God to be an earnest suter vnto God for me whith am fallen into such a securitie, & euen an hardnes of hart, that neyther I sorow my state, neither with any griefe or feare of Gods abiection do write this: before the Lorde which knoweth the harts of all men I lye not. Consider for Christes sake, therefore good father Traues, my necessitie though I my selfe do it not, & pray for me, that God cast me not of as I deserue most iustly. For where I ought to haue well pro∣ceeded in Gods schoole, by reason of the tyme, I confesse it to my shame, I am so far gone back, as alas if shame were in me I might be ashamed to write it, but much more to write it, & to thinke it not, such is the reward of vnthank∣fulnes. For where God wrought the restitution of y^e great thing you know of, the which benefit should bynde me to all obedience. Alas father Traues I am to vnthankful, I find no will in hart (though by my writing it wil be hard to perswade you either to be thankfull, either to beginne a new life in all things to mortifie this outward man, and hartily to be well content to serue the lord in spirit & veri∣tie, & withstand myne affections, & especially my beastly sensualitie in meat & drinke, wherewith I was troubled at my being with you, but now through my licentious o∣beying that affect, I am fallen so, that a whole legion of spirituum malorum possesseth me. The Lord whom I only with mouth (my hart stil abiding both in hardnes & wil∣fulnes) call vpon, deliuer me and helpe me. And for Gods sake geue you hartie thanks for the great benefite of resti∣tution Pray to the Lord that at the length I may once re∣turne to the obedience of his good will, Amen. I thanke you for your cheese, & so doth father Latymer as vnknow¦en, for I did geue it him, & he saith he did neuer eate better cheese, and so I dare lay he did not. I thanke him I am as familier with him, as with you, yea God so mooueth hym

against me, that his desire is to haue me come & dwel with him when so euer I will, and welcome. This doe I write yet ones more to occasion you to be thankfull for mee to y^t Lord, which by all meanes sheweth nothyng but most high loue to me. And I againe a very obstinate rebellion. Pray therfore for me in hast.

The sinnefull. I. Bradford.