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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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4. To be no purgatory, but that all men either by Christ are justified to life: or without Christ to be condemned: and besides these two, neither any third or fourth place to be.
4. To be no purgatory, but that all men either by Christ are iustified to life: or without Christ to be condemned: and besides these two, neither any third or fourth place to be.
5. That all masses, namely such as be song for the dead to be wicked, and to be abrogate.
6. All mens traditions to be rejected, at least not to be reputed as necessary to salvation: and therefore this singing & superfluous chanting in the chancel to be left: constrained & prefixed fasts, bound to days & tunes: difference of meats: such variety of degrees and orders of Priests, friars, monks, & nuns: superfluous holidays: so many sundry benedictions & hallowing of creatures: vows peregrinations: with all the rabblement of rites & ceremonies brought in by man to be abolished.
6. All mens traditions to be reiected, at least not to be reputed as necessary to saluation: and therefore this singing & superfluous chaunting in the chauncell to be left: constrained & prefixed fasts, boūd to dayes & tunes: difference of meates: such variety of degrees and orders of Priestes, friers, monkes, & nunnes: superfluous holidayes: so mady sundry benedictions & hallowing of creatures: vowes peregrinations: with all the rabblement of rites & ceremonies brought in by man to be abolished.