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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
These words import not here the authority of the Roman bishop to be above the council, neither do they declare what the council could not do, but what they would and wished rather to be done, that is, that he should rather acknowledge his crime before God & them, with a voluntary yielding of his hart, then that the confession of such an heinous fact should be extorted from him through their condemnation: for that they saw to be expedient for his souls health. Otherwise their condemnation should serve him to small purpose. And so it came to pass. For he being urged of them to condemn himself,1 so did: prostrating himself and weeping before them. Whereupon immediately they proceeded to the sentence against him, condemning & pronouncing him to be expelled the city. Now whether by this may be gathered, that the Bishop of Rome ought not to be cited, accused, and condemned by any person or persons, let the indifferent Reader judge simply.
These words import not here the authority of the Romane bishop to be aboue the councel, neither do they declare what the councell could not do, but what they would and wished rather to be done, that is, that he should rather acknowledge his crime before God & them, with a voluntary yelding of his hart, then that the confession of such an hainous fact should be extorted from him through their condemnatiō: for that they saw to be expedient for hys soules health. Otherwise their cōdemnation should serue him to smal purpose. And so it came to passe. For he being vrged of thē to condemne himselfe,1 so did: prostrating himselfe and weeping before them. Wherupon immediatly they proceded to the sentēce against him, condemning & pronouncing him to be expelled the city. Now whether by this may be gathered, that ye Byshop of Rome ought not to be cited, accused, and condemned by any person or persons, let the indifferent Reader iudge simply.
- 1The Bishop of Rome condemned by the Councell.The Byshop of Rome condemned by the Councell.