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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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If any man either privily or apertly shall speak or communicate with him that is excommunicated, he draweth unto himself the punishment of like excommunication. And now for so much as you (brother bishop of London) which ought to know that saying of Gregory vij. if any bishop shall consent to the fornication of Priests, Deacons, &c. within his precinct: for reward, favour, or petition, or doth not by authority of his office correct the vice, let him be suspended from his office. And again that saying of Pope Leo, which is this: If any bishop shall institute or consecrate such a priest as shall be unmeet and unconuenient: if he scape with the loss of his own proper dignity, yet he shall lose the power of instituting any more. &c. Therefore, forsomuch I say, as you (knowing this) have double wise offended against the sentence of these Canons: we command you, and in the virtue of obedience enjoin you, that if it be so: within three months after the receipt hereof, you will submit and offer your self to due correction and satisfaction to the council of our fellow bishops, for these your so great excesses: Least other (through your example) run into the like offence, and we shall be constrained to proceed against you with severer sentence. Finally (in the closing up of your letter) where ye bring in for your appellation against me, a safeguard for you: which rather in deed is an hinderance to you: that we should not proceed against the invaders of the Church goods, nor against the King in like censure, as we have done against the bishop of Salisbury (as ye say) and his Dean. To this I answer, God forbid that we have, or else should hereafter proceed or do any thing against the king or his land, or against you or your Churches, inordinately or otherwise then is convenient. But what if you shall exceed in the same or like transgression, as the Bishop of Salisbury hath done: think ye then your appellation shall help you from the discipline of our severity, that ye shall not be suspended? Mark ye diligently whether this be a lawful appeal, and what is the form thereof. We know that every one that appealeth, either doeth it in his own name, or in the name of an other, if in his own name, either it is for some grievance inferred already, or else for that he feareth after to be inferred against him.1
If any man either priuely or apertly shall speake or communicate with him that is excommunicated, he draweth vnto himselfe the punishment of like excommunication. And nowe for so much as you (brother bishop of London) which ought to know that saying of Gregorie vij. if any bishoppe shal consent to the fornication of Priests, Deacons, &c. within his precinct: for reward, fauour, or peticion, or doth not by authoritie of his office correct the vice, let him be suspended from his office. And againe that saying of Pope Leo, which is this: If any bishop shall institute or consecrate such a priest as shall be vnmeete and vnconuenient: if he scape with the losse of his owne proper dignitie, yet he shall lose the power of instituting any more. &c. Therefore, forsomuch I say, as you (knowing this) haue double wise offended against the sentence of these Canons: we commaunde you, and in the vertue of obedience enioyne you, that if it be so: within three monethes after the receite hereof, you will submit and offer your selfe to due correction and satisfaction to the counsell of our fellowbishops, for these your so great excesses: Least other (through your example) runne into the like offence, and we shall be constrained to proceede against you with seuerer sentence. Finally (in the closing vp of your letter) where ye bring in for your appellation against me, a safegarde for you: which rather in deede is an hinderance to you: that we shoulde not proceede against the inuaders of the Churche goodes, nor against the King in like censure, as we haue done against the bishoppe of Salisburie (as yee say) and hys Deane. To this I aunswere, God forbidde that we haue, or els shoulde heereafter proceede or do any thing against the king or his lande, or against you or your Churches, inordinately or otherwise then is conuenient. But what if you shall exceede in the same or like transgression, as the Byshoppe of Salesburie hath done: thinke yee then your appellation shall helpe you from the discipline of our seueritie, that ye shall not be suspended? Marke yee diligently whether this be a lawful appeale, and what is the forme thereof. We knowe that euery one that appealeth, eyther doeth it in his owne name, or in the name of an other, if in hys owne name, either it is for some greeuance inferred alreadie, or els for that he feareth after to be inferred against him.