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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 followed disputations of difference betwixt divine & human law,1 of the horrible profanation of y• supper of our Lord, in selling & applying the same for other purposes. Here he was forced to express the cause of the sacrifice, & to declare the use of the sacraments. Now the godly & faithful Christians, closed in Monasteries, understanding Images ought to be eschewed, began to abandon y• wretched thraldom, in which they were detained
Then followed disputacions of differēce betwixt diuine & humain law,1 of the horrible prophanacion of y• supper of our Lord, in selling & applieng the same for other purposes. Here he was forced to expres the cause of the sacrifice, & to declare the vse of the sacramentes. Now the godly & faithful Christians, closed in Monasteries, vnderstanding Images ought to be eschewed, began to abandō y• wretched thraldom, in which thei wer deteined
- 1Declaration of the principal points of Religion.Declaracion of the principall poyntes of Religion.
Now Luther, y• plainlier to express the doctrine of repentance, of remission of since, of faith, & of indulgences, he added these matters: The difference of divine & human laws, y• doctrine of the use of our Lords supper, of baptism & of vows, and these were his principal conflicts. As touching the question of the Roman Bishops power, Eccius was y• author thereof, & for none other respect, than to inflame the fiery wrath of the Pope & Princes