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.
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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.
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Foxe, John, 1516-1587.
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[At London :: Imprinted by Iohn Daye, dwellyng ouer Aldersgate beneath S. Martins],
An. 1583. Mens. Octobr.
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Martyrs -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A67927.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 1, 2024.
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The third appearance of Tho. Hitton before the said Archb. of Cant.
THe sayd Thomas Hitton at the day prefixed, made his personall appearance before the bishop at the place ap∣pointed, to whom the Bishop ministred certaine articles and interrogatories for him to aunswer vnto, commaun∣dyng him to sweare to answer truly and vnfainedly vnto them, and euery part of them. The sayd Tho. Hitton re∣fused to sweare, saying: It is against Gods lawes and good conscience for any man to sweare to shed hys owne bloud,* 1.1 for so he should be a murtherer of hymselfe, and be∣come guiltie of his owne death. But yet notwithstādyng that he refused to sweare to aunswer, yet he answered tru∣ly and directly to euery perticular Article and Interroga∣torie propounded vnto hym, but so as was finally to their contentation, yet no doubt to the great glory of God, and comfort of the godly. This done, the Bishop brake of hys session for that tyme, and commaunded him to prison a∣gayne, and to appeare before hym in the place aforesayde, vpon the Friday next followyng, to aunswer further as should be demaunded of hym, granting him liberty with∣all, to adde too, or subtract from his former aunswers, ey∣ther els vtterly to deny and reuoke the same.
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* 1.1
Tho. Hitton refuseth to sweare a∣gaynst him∣selfe.