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Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church. [vol.…Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol.…
Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church. [vol. 1] with an universal history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitive age to these latter times of ours, with the bloody times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions against the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperors, as now lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realm of England and Scotland. Newly revised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time again published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the help of Christ our Lord) John Fox, which desireth thee good reader to help him with thy prayer.Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol. 1] with an vniuersall history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitiue age to these latter tymes of ours, with the bloudy times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions agaynst the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperours, as nowe lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realme of England and Scotland. Newly reuised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time agayne published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the helpe of Christ our Lord) Iohn Foxe, which desireth thee good reader to helpe him with thy prayer.
London: printed by John Daye, 1583London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1583
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He defendeth free will of man after the corruption of nature, inclining also to the error of them, which defend the possibility of keeping God his law. Concerning Marriage. Unum matrimonium (inquit) novimus, sicut unum Deum. i. We know (saith he) one Marriage, as ⟨p. 71⟩we know one God condemning the second maryage. Lib, de Monogam. Divers other things of like absurdity in him be noted. Justinus also seemeth to have inclined unto the error of the Chiliastes, 1of the fall of certain Angels by women, of free will or man, of possibility of keeping the law and such other. Neither was this our Cyprian, the great scholar of Tertullian, utterly exempt from the blot of them, who contrary to the doctrine of the Church,2 did hold with rebaptizing of such, as were before Baptised of heretics, Whereof speaketh S. Austen, misliking the same error of Cyprian, in these words contained in his 2. book, Contra Cresconium. Cypriani, inquit, laudem ego consequi non valeo eius multis literis mea scripta non comparo, eius ingenium diligo eius ore delector, eius charitatem miror, eius Martyrium veneror. Non accipio quod de baptisandis haereticis & schismaticis sensit. 3&c. Upon the which matter there was a great contention between the said Cyprian, and Stephen Bishop of Rome, as partly afore is note•. Of Austen himself likewise, of Ambrose, Hierome, Chrysostom, the same may be said, that none of them also clearly passed away, but their peculiar faults and errors went with them, whereof it were to long, and out of our purpose at this present to entreat. And thus much concerning the story of Cyprian the holy learned Martyr of Christ.
He defendeth fre wil of man after ye corruption of nature, inclining also to the errour of them, which defend the possibilitie of keeping God his law. Cō cerning Mariage. Vnum matrimonium (inquit) nouimus, sicut vnum Deum. i. We know (sayth he) one Mariage, as ⟨p. 71⟩we know one God condemning the second maryage. Lib, de Monogam. Diuers other things of like absurditie in him be noted. Iustinus also seemeth to haue inclined vnto the errour of the Chiliastes,