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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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Then penury pricked him not to this Monkery, but the affection he had to learn to serve God. Albeit he learned there the doctrine used in schools, he red the Doctors of sentences, and in public disputations, distinctly expressed the difficulties, which other could not unfold, whereat many mused: Nevertheless, for y• he sought not in this kind of life to win brute according to the virtue of his wit, but1 to nourish him in the fear of God: he used these studies, as one that esteemed not to be principal of that he searched and easily conceived those scholastical Methods. In the mean season he read with great affection the fountains of heavenly doctrine, that is, the Prophets and Apostles, ⟨image 10⟩thereby to frame his life and conversation to the will of God, and so be continued in the fear & faith of God, as by many things it was apparent. Yea, how much the more earnestly he coveted this exercise, or holy contemplation, so much the more he was troubled with his dolour and abashment.
Then penurye pricked hym not to this Monkerye, but the affection he had to learne to serue God. Albeit he learned ther the doctrine vsed in scholes, he red the Doctors of sentences, and in publick disputacions, distinctly expressed the difficulties, which other could not vnfold, whereat many mused: Neuertheles, for y• he sought not in this kinde of lyfe to wyn brute according to the vertu of his wit, but1 to norish him in the feare of God: he vsed these studies, as one that esteemed not to be principall of that he searched and easelye conceyued those scholastical Methodes. In the meane season he redde with great affection the fountaines of heauenly doctrine, that is, the Prophetes and Apostles, ⟨image 10⟩therby to frame hys lyfe and conuersacion to the wyll of God, and so be continued in the feare & faith of God, as by manye thynges it was apparent. Yea, howe muche the more earnestly he coueted thys exercise, or holy contemplacion, so muche the more he was troubled wyth his dolour and abashment.