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.

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Title: 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.
Author: Foxe, John, 1516-1587.
Publication: [At London :: Imprinted by Iohn Daye, dwellyng ouer Aldersgate beneath S. Martins],; An. 1583. Mens. Octobr.
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¶An other letter to his wife with a certayne remem∣braunce to M. Harrington and M. Hurland.

GRace and comfort. &c. Wife you shall do best not to come of∣ten vnto the Grate where the Porter may see you.* 1.1 Putte not your selfe in daunger where it needes not: you shall I think, short∣ly come farre enough into daunger by keeping fayth and a good conscience: which (deare wife) I trust you do not slacke to make reckoning and account vpon by exercising your inward man in meditation of Gods most holy word, being the sustenance of the soule, and also by geuing your selfe to hūble prayer: for these two thinges be very meanes how to be made members of our Christ meet to inherite his kingdome.

Do this (deare wife) in earnest, and not leauing of, and so we two shall with our Christ and all his chosen children, enioye the mery world in that euerlasting immortality, wheras here will no∣thing els be found but extreme misery, euen of them which most greedely seeke this worldlye wealth: and so, if we two continue Gods children graffed in our Christ, the same Goddes blessing which we receiue, shall also settle vpon our Samuel. Though wee do shortly depart hence and leaue the poore Infant (to our see∣ming) at all aduentures, yet shall he haue our gracious God to be his God: for so hath he sayd and he cannot lye: I will be thy God (sayth he) and the God of thy seed. Yea if you leaue him in the w••l¦dernes destitute of all helpe, being called of God to do his wil ei∣ther to dye for the confession of Christ,* 1.2 either any worke of o∣bedience: that God which heard the crye of the litle poore infant of Agar Saraes handmayden and did succour it, wil do the like to the child of you or any other fearing him and putting your trust in him. And if we lacke fayth (as we do in deede many times) let vs call for it and we shall haue the encrease both of it and also of any other good grace needefull for vs: and be mery in GOD, in who also I am very mery and ioyfull. O Lord what great cause of reioycing haue we, to thinke vpō that kingdome which he vouch¦eth safe for his Christes sake, freely to geue vs, forsaking our sel∣ues and folowing him? Deare wife this is truely to follow him,* 1.3 e∣uen to take vp our crosse and followe him, and then as we suffer with him, so shall we raigne with him euerlastingly. Amen. Short∣ly, Shortly, Amen.

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* 1.1

An other letter of Saunder•• his wyfe▪

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* 1.2

Care of children tyme of n••••cessitye ought to left to Go•• who wil•• not see th•• forsaken.

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* 1.3

What it 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to follow Christ.

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