The relics of Rome containing all such matters of religion, as have in times…The reliques of Rome contayning all such matters of religion, as haue in times…

Name: The relics of Rome containing all such matters of religion, as have in times…
Author: Thomas Becon

The relics of Rome containing all such matters of religion, as have in times past been brought into the Church by the Pope and his adherents: faithfully gathered out of the most faithful writers of chronicles and histories, and now newly both diligently corrected & greatly augmented, to the singular profit of the readers, by Thomas Becon. 1563.The reliques of Rome contayning all such matters of religion, as haue in times past bene brought into the Church by the Pope and his adherentes: faithfully gathered out of the moste faithful writers of chronicles and histories, and nowe newly both diligently corrected & greatly augmented, to the singuler profit of the readers, by Thomas Becon. 1563.

Thomas Becon 1512–1567London: printed by John Day, 1563London: printed by Iohn Day, 1563

[28], 144, 147-266 leaves : port. · 109k words · STC 1755 · ESTC S101368

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The Relics of Rome. › Of Monastical sects and first of Hermits. › Of Anchors and Ankresses, and all other Recluses.The Reliques of Rome. › Of Monasticall sectes and fyrst of Heremites. › Of Anckers and Ankresses, and all other Recluses.

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Of Anchors and Anchoresses, and all other Recluses.

Of Anckers and Ankresses, and all other Recluses.

:326p. 52

AS concerning the monastical sect of the Recluses, and such as be shut up within walls, there, unto the death continually to remain, giving themselves to the mortification of carnal affects, to the contemplation of heavenly and spiritual things, to abstinence, to prayer, and to such other ghostly exercises, as men dead to the world, & having their life hidden with Christ ⟨image 82⟩I have not to write: forasmuch as I can not hitherto find probably in any author,¹ whence the profession of Anchors and Anchoresses had the beginning and foundation, although in this behalf I have talked with men of that profession, which could very little or nothing say in the matter. Notwithstanding as the white Fryers father that order of Elijah the Prophet (but falsely) so likewise do the Anchors and Anchoresses make that holy and virtuous Matron Judith their patroness and foundress. But how unaptly, who seeth not? Their profession and religion differeth as far from the manners of Judith, as light from darkness or god from the devil, as it shall manifestly appear to them that will diligently, confer the history of Judith with their life and conversation.² Judith made her self a privy chamber where she dwelt (sayeth the Scripture) being closed in with her maidens Our Recluses also close themselves within the walls but they suffer no man to be there with them Judith ware a smock of ha•re▪ but our recluses are both softly

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The relics of Rome containing all such matters of religion, as have in times…The reliques of Rome contayning all such matters of religion, as haue in times…

Of Anchors and Anchoresses, and all other Recluses.

Of Anckers and Ankresses, and all other Recluses.

Of Monks.

Of Monkes.

Of the Benedictine Monks.

Of the Benedictine Monkes.

Of the Cluniacensis order of Monks.

Of the Cluniacensis order of Monkes.

The author

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

Of Anchors and Anchoresses, and all other Recluses.

Of Anckers and Ankresses, and all other Recluses.

Of Monks.

Of Monkes.

Of the Benedictine Monks.

Of the Benedictine Monkes.

Of the Cluniacensis order of Monks.

Of the Cluniacensis order of Monkes.

The author

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