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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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And thus have ye a Catholic Christian defined, first after the rules of Rome, and also after the rule of the Gospel. Now confer these Antitheses together, and see whether of these is the truer christian, the ceremonial man after the Church of Rome, or the spiritual man with his faith and other spiritual fruits of piety following after the same. And if ye say that ye mixed them both together, spiritual things with your corporal ceremonies, to that I answer again, that as touching the end of remission of sins, and salvation, they ought in no case to be joined together, because the mean cause of all our salvation and remission, is only spiritual, and consisteth in faith, and in no other.
And thus haue ye a Catholicke Christian defined, first after the rules of Rome, and also after the rule of the Gospell. Now conferre these Antitheses together, and see whether of these is the truer christian, the ceremonial man after the Church of Rome, or the spirituall man with his fayth and other spirituall fruites of pietie following after ye same. And if ye say that ye mixt them both together, spirituall thinges with your corporall ceremonies, to that I aunswere agayne, that as touching the end of remission of sinnes, and saluation, they ought in no case to be ioyned together, because the meane cause of all our saluation and remission, is onely spirituall, and consisteth in fayth, and in no other.
And therefore upon the same cause I come to my question again, as I began, to ask whether the Religion of Christ be a mere spiritual religion: and whether in the Religion of Rome: as it is now, is any thing but only mere corporal things required, to make a catholic man. And thus I leave you to your answer.
And therefore vpon the same cause I come to my question agayne, as I began, to aske whether the Religion of Christ be a mere spirituall religion: and whether in the Religion of Rome: as it is now, is any thing but onely mere corporall thinges required, to make a catholicke man. And thus I leaue you to your aunswere.