It was published over the years of the Popish Plot ( 1678 â `` 1681 ) and ten years before the Glorious Revolution of 1688 , and it shows the influence of John Foxe 's Foxe 's Book of Martyrs . It was published over the years of the Popish Plot ( 1678 â `` 1681 ) and ten years before the Glorious Revolution of 1688 , and it shows the influence of John Foxe 's Acts and Monuments .