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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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To this Lancfrancus argueth again. If this authority had been given to Austen alone,1 & not to his successors, it had been but a small gift, proceeding from the Apostolic seat, to his special and familiar freno: especially seeing also that Austen, in all his life, did constitute no Bishop of York, neither was there any such Bishop to be subject to him.2 Again we have Privileges from the Apostolic sea, which confirm this dignity in the successors of Austen, in the same seat of Dover. Moreover, all Englishmen think it, both right and reason, to fetch the direction of well living, from that place, where first they took the sparkle of right believing. Farther, where as you say, that Gregory might have confirmed with plain words, the same thing, to the successors of Austen, which he gave unto him: all that I grant: yet notwithstanding, this is nothing prejudicial to the fear of Canterbury. For, if you know your Logic, that which is true in the whole, is also true in the part: And what is true in the more,3 is also true in the less. Now the Church of Rome is, as the whole, to whom all other Churches be as parts thereof. And as Homo. i. mankind is Genus i. the general, in a certain respect to all his Individua. i. to all particular persons, and yet in every particular person lieth the property of the general: so in like manner, the sea of Rome, in a certain respect, is the general and the whole, to other churches, & yet in every particular church is contained the whole fullness of the whole christian faith. That Church of Rome is greater then all Churches, that which is wrought in it, ought to work in the less Churches also: so that the authority of every chief head of the church, ought to stand also in them, that do succeed: unless there be any precise exception made by name.4 Wherefore, like as yt Lord said, to all bishops of Rome, the same thing, which he said to Peter: so Gregory in like manner said to all the successors of Austen that which he said to Austen. So thus I conclude, likewise as the bishop of Canterbury is subject to Rome, because he had his Faith from thence, so York ought to be in subjection to Cant. which sent the first preachers thither. Now, where as you allege, that Gregory would Austen to be resident at London: that is utterly uncertain.