A01115:1467
An abridgement of the book of acts and monuments of the ChurchAn abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church
An abridgement of the book of acts and monuments of the Church: written by that Reverend Father, Master John Fox: and now abridged by Timothy Bright, Doctor of Physic, for such as either through want of leisure, or ability have not the use of so necessary an historyAn abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church: written by that Reuerend Father, Maister Iohn Fox: and now abridged by Timothe Bright, Doctour of Phisicke, for such as either through want of leysure, or abilitie haue not the vse of so necessary an history
London: printed by I. Windet, 1589
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The themes were these. 1. The true church heareth only the word of God. 2 It maketh no laws without it. 3. That traditions ordained by the Church only, bind, as they agree with the word of God. 4. That Christ only hath made satisfaction for our sins. 5. That Christs body is not really in the sacrament. 6. That the sacrifice of the mass is contumelious to Christ his sacrifice. 7. That Christ is only to be invocated as mediator. 8. That there is no purgatory. 9. Against images. 10. Against single life of priests.
The themes were these. 1. The true church heareth only ye word of God. 2 It maketh no laws without it. 3. That traditions ordained by the Church onely, bind, as they agrée with the word of God. 4. That Christ only hath made satisfaction for our sins. 5. That Christes body is not really in the sacrament. 6. That the sacrifice of the masse is cōtumelious to Christ his sacrifice. 7. That Christ is only to be inuocated as mediator. 8. That there is no purgatory. 9. Against images. 10. Against single life of priests.
To these letters, & articles, the Lucernats, Uranites, Scinthians, Unterualdians, Tugians, Glareans, & Soliturnians, & they of Freiburg answered again by contrary letters, exhorting them of Bern to desist from their purpose; concluding, that they would neither send, nor suffer any learned man to come thither, nor grant safe conduct for any to pass through their country.
To these letters, & articles, the Lucernats, Vranites, Scinthians, Vnterualdians, Tugians, Glareans, & Soliturnians, & they of Freiburg answered again by cōtrary letters, exhorting them of Bern to desist from their purpose; concluding, that they would neither send, nor suffer any learned man to come thither, nor graunt safeconduct for any to passe through their countrey.