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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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But I return to Luther. Even as at the beginning he entered in this ⟨image 18⟩matter, with out any particular cupidity:1 so though he was of a fiery nature, & subject to wrath, yet he always remembered his office, only contending in his teaching, & prohibited wars to ve attempted, and distinguished wisely offices, wherein was any difference, to say: the Bishop f••dyng the flock of God, and the Magistrates that by authority of the sword committed unto them, repress a certain multitude of people subject unto them.
But I returne to Luther. Euen as at the begynnyng he entred in thys ⟨image 18⟩matter, wt out any particular cupidiy:1 so thoughe he was of a firy nature, & subiect to wrath, yet he alwayes remembred his office, onely cōtendyng in his teaching, & prohibited warres to ve attempted, and distingued wisely offices, wherin was any differece, to say: the Bishop f••dyng the flocke of God, and the Magistrates that by authority of the sword committed vn to them, repres a certayne multitude of people subiect vnto them.
- 1Prudence to discern offices.Prudenc• to discerne offices.
Wherefore when Satan contendeth by scandals to dissipate the Church of God, and contumeliously enrage against him, and delighteth to do evil, and rejoiceth to behold us wallow in the puddle of error and blindness, smiling at our destruction, he spendeth oil and toil to inflame and stir up mischievous instruments, and mutining spirits to so we sedition, as Monetarius and