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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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Again, when such goods were given to the Church by those ancestors, they were neither so given, nor yet taken, to serve the private use of certain churchmen taking no pains therein, but rather to serve the public subvention of the needy, as is contained in the canonical institutions by the Emperor Ludovicus Pius set forth. An. 830. The words be these:1 Res Ecclesiae vota sunt fidelium, pretia peccatorum, & patrimonia pauperum, that is: The goods of the church be the vows and bequests of the faithful, prices to ransom such as be in captivity or prison, and patrimonies to succour them with hospitality, that be needy.
Agayne, when such goodes were geuen to the Church by those auncetors, they were neither so geuen, nor yet taken, to serue the priuate vse of certaine churchmen takyng no paynes therein, but rather to serue the publique subuē tiō of the needy, as is cōteined in the canonicall institutiōs by the Emperour Ludouicus Pius set forth. An. 830. The wordes be these:1 Res Ecclesiae vota sunt fidelium, pretia peccatorum, & patrimonia pauperum, that is: The goods of the church be the vowes and bequestes of the faythfull, prices to raunsome such as be in captiuitie or prison, and patrimonies to succour them with hospitalitie, that be needy.
- 1Institutions canonicae sub Ludovico Pio.Institutiones canonicae sub Ludouico Pio.
Whereunto agreeth also the testimony of Prosper, 1whose words be these: Viros sanctos ecclesiae non vendicas•e ut proprias, sed ut commendatas pauperibus divisisse: that is, good men took the goods of the church not as their own but distributed them as given & bequeathed to the poor. And sayth moreover: Quod habet Ecclesia, cum omnibus nihil habentibus habet commune, that is: Whatsoever the church hath, it hath it common, with all such as have nothing. &c.