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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 weighing & perpending with my self long time the doctrine that1 hath been of all times, it seemeth unto me that since the Apostles there have been four notable alterations after the first purity of y• Gospel. Origene had his time. Al be it there were some of a sound and sacred opinion as Methodius, who reproved the furies and cottages of Origene, yet he converted the Gospel into Philosophy in the hearts of many that is to say: he advanced this persuasion, that one mean discipline of reason deserveth remission of since, and that this is ⟨image 20⟩that justice, whereof is said: The just shall live of his faith. That age almost lost the whole difference of the2 Law and the Gospel, and forgot the words of the Apostles. For they under stood not the natural signification of these words: Letter, Spirit, Justice, Faith. Now when the propriety of words was •o•t, which be notes of the very things, it was necessary that other things should be contrived. Out of this seed sprang Pelagius error, which wandered largely abroad. And therefore all be it the Apostles had given unto y• Church a pure doctrine, as clear & salutiferous fountains, yet Origene meddled the same with much ordure and impurity.
Then weying & perpending with my selfe long tyme the doctrine that1 hath bene of al tymes, it semeth vnto me that since the Apostles there haue bene foure notable alteracions after the first purity of y• Gospel. Origene had his tyme. Al be it there wer some of a sound and sacred opinion as Methodius, who reproued the furies and •otages of Origene, yet he cōuerted the Gospell into Philosophye in the hartes of many that is to saye: he aduaunced this perswasion, that one meane discipline of reason deserueth remission of synnes, and that thys is ⟨image 20⟩