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The true copies of the letters between the reverend father in God John Bishop…The true copies of the letters betwene the reuerend father in God Iohn Bisshop…
The true copies of the letters between the reverend father in God John Bishop of Sarum and D. Cole upon occasion of a sermon that the said Bishop preached before the Queens Majesty, and her most honourable Counsel. 1560. Set forth and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Queens Maiesties iniunctions. Cum gratia & privilegio Regiæ Maiestatis per septennium.The true copies of the letters betwene the reuerend father in God Iohn Bisshop of Sarum and D. Cole vpon occasion of a sermon that the said Bishop preached before the Quenes Maiestie, and hir most honorable Counsel. 1560. Set forthe and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions. Cum gratia & priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis per septennium.
London: printed by John Day, 1560
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.
Even so when the Bishop of Constantinople had taken upon hi• to be •alled the universal bishop of the whole Church, which title after ward the Bishop of Rome began to […] to himself, & for the […] of the same had […] […] disquieted and shaken the […] world, but when the Bishop of Constantinople first began to use this stile, Gregory being then the Bishop of Rome confounded him §Ponly with the negative: Nemo, said he, decessorum meorum ho• profano vocabulo uti voluit, none of my predecessors would ever use this […] and lewd name. Lib. 4. Epist. 80. And •gain. Epist. 92. Sancti ante legem. Sancti in lege. Sancti sub gratia, omnes perficientes Corpus Domini in membris sunt constituti. At nemo see universalem ⟨image 17⟩dici voluit. The holy men before the law, the holy men under the law, the holy men under the grace of the Gospel altogether making up one body of the Lord, are placed amongest his members: but none of them would ever suffer him self to be called universal.
Euen so when the Bishoppe of Constātinople had taken vpon hi• to be •alled the vnive•sal bishop of the whole Churche, which title after warde the Bishop of Rome began to 〈…〉 to himself, & for the 〈…〉 of the same had 〈…〉 〈…〉 dis•quieted and shaken the 〈…〉 world, but whē the Bishop of Constantinople first begā to vse this stile, Gregorye being then the Bishop of Rome confounded hym §Ponly with the negatiue: Nemo, said he, decessorum meorum ho• profano vocabulo vti voluit, none of my predecessours woulde euer vse this and lew name. Lib. 4. Epist. 80. And gain. Epist. 92. Sancti ante legem. Sancti in lege. Sācti sub gratia, omnes perficientes Corpus Domini in mēbris sunt constituti. At nemo se vniuersalem