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A famous and godly history containing the lives a[nd] acts of three renowned reformers…A famous and godly history contaynyng the lyues a[nd] actes of three renowmed reformers…
A famous and godly history containing the lives a[nd] acts of three renowned reformers of the Christia[n] Church, Martin Luther, John Ecolampadius, and Huldericke Zuinglius. The declaration of Martin Luther's faith before the Emperor Charles the fifth, and the illustre estates of the empire of Germany, with an oration of his death, all set forth in Latin by Philip Melanchthon, Wolfgangus Faber, Capito. Simon Grineus, [and] Oswald Miconus, newly Englished by Henry Bennet Callesian.A famous and godly history contaynyng the lyues a[nd] actes of three renowmed reformers of the Christia[n] Church, Martine Luther, Iohn Ecolampadius, and Huldericke Zuinglius. The declaracion of Martin Luthers faythe before the Emperoure Charles the fyft, and the illustre estates of the empyre of Germanye, with an oration of hys death, all set forth in Latin by Philip Melancthon, Wolfgangus Faber, Capito. Simon Grineus, [and] Oswald Miconus, newly Englished by Henry Bennet Callesian.
London: printed by John Awdely, 1561London: printed by Iohn Awdely, 1561
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And th•s is the cause wherefore the Imperial Majesty requireth of thee a simple answer, either a negative, ⟨image 34⟩or an affirmative, if thou wilt defend all thy works as Christian, or no?
And th•s is the cause wherfore the Emperial Maiesty requireth of thee a symple aunswer, either a negatiue, ⟨image 34⟩or an affirmatiue, if thou wilt defend al thy workes as Christian, or no?
Then Luther besought the Imperial Majesty not to compel him to yield against his conscience, confirmed w•th the holy scriptures, without manifest arguments, alleged by his adversaries, & declared his answer was not crooked, but simple, and direct, & further he had not to say, then he advertised before, that if his enemies could not extricate with sufficient arguments his conscience occupied (as they said) with errors, he was not able to rid him self out of the snares wherein he was entangled. And whereas the general Councils have ordained certain things, those therefore not to be true, for that they have erred, & often times gainsaid them selves, & for this cause the enemies argument was of no solidity. Further, he was able to prove, and would constantly stand to the trial the Councils had erred, and it was not meet for him to revoke and disannul that which is manifest, and diligently set forth in the Scripture.
Then Luther besought the Emperial Maiesty not to cōpell him to yeld against his conscience, cōfirmed w•th the holy scriptures, without manifest argumentes, alledged by hys aduersaries, & declared his answer was not crooked, but symple, and direct, & further he had not to say, then he aduertised before, that if his enemies could not extricate wyth sufficient argumentes hys conscience occupyed (as they sayd) with errours, he was not able to ryd hym self out of the snares wherin he was entangled. And wheras the general Councels haue ordeyned certain thynges, those therefore not to be tru, for that thei haue erred, & often tymes gaynsayd them selues, & for thys cause the enemyes argument was of no solidity. Further, he was able to prooue, and would constantly stand to the tryall the Councels had erred, and it was not meete for hym to reuoke and dysanull that which is manifest, and diligently set forth in the Scripture.