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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…
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.
London: printed by John Day, 1563London: printed by Iohn Day, 1563
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The Emperor Justinian made a law,1 that all bishops and priests both in the time of divine service, and also in ⟨image 149⟩the ministration of the holy sacraments should with so open and clear voice pronounce all things in the tongue which the people understand, that they might thereby be the better edified, and also be the more fervently stirred unto devotion and praying to God. For saith he, so doth the holy Apostle teach in his first Epistle to the Corinthians, saying:2 If thou give thanks only in the spirit, that is to say, in an unknown tongue, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned, say. Amen at thy thanks giving, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest. Thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified And again in his Epistle to the Romans he saith on this manner:3 to believe with the heart justifieth, and to knowledge with the mouth, maketh a man safe. In consideration whereof, saith that Godly Emperor, it is convenient, that among other prayers those things also, which are said in the holy oblation, that is to say, in the ministration of the Lords super, or the holy communion of the body and blood of Christ, ⟨p. 119⟩be uttered & spoken with a loud voice of the devout Bishops & priest to our Lord Jesus Christ one God with the father and the holy ghost, willing them to know, that if they neglect any of these things, they shall not only give account thereof in the dreadful judgement of the great God & our saviour Jesus Christ, but we also having knowledge hereof, will not be content, nor leave the things unrevenged. In constitut. Authen. 123.
The Emperoure Iustiniane made a law,1 that all byshops and priestes both in the time of diuine seruice, and also in ⟨image 149⟩the ministration of the holy sacramēts should with so open and cleare voyce pronounce all thynges in the tounge which the people vnderstand, that they might therby be the better edified, and also be the more feruently stirred vnto deuotion and prayinge to God. For sayth he, so doth the holy Apostle teache in his first Epistle to the Corinthians, saying: