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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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As concerning your life & conversation (which I speak unto the glory of God, from whom alone cometh down every good and perfect gift) it is such,1 as may right well be counted a mirror of virtue, wherein appeareth nothing but that good & Godly is, so that ye be an ensample to the flock in righteousness, in faith, in love, in peace, in word, in pureness, &c. According to the rule of the Apostle: A Bishop must be blameless,2 as the steward of God, not stubborn, not angry, not given to much wine, no fighter, not given to filthy lucre, &c. He must also have a good report of them which are without, least he fall into rebuke, and snare of the evil speaker.
As cōcerning your life & conuersatiō (which I speake vnto the glory of God, from whome alone commeth downe euery good and perfecte gifte) it is such,1 as may right well be counted a myrrour of vertue, wherin appeareth nothyng but that good & Godly is, so that ye be an ensā ple to ye flocke in righteousnes, in faith, in loue, in peace, in word, in purenesse, &c. Accordyng to the rule of the Apostle: A Bishop must be blamelesse,2 as the stewarde of God, not stubborne, not angry, not geuen to much wine, no fighter, not geuen to filthy lucre, &c. He must also haue a good report of them whiche are without, least he fal into rebuke, and snare of the euil speaker.
- 1Jac. 1.Iac. 1.
- 21. Pet. 5. Titus. 1 1. Timo. 3.