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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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All which inconveniences as they first came and crept in chiefly by the pretensed authority & jurisdiction abused in this latter church of Rome, so it can not be denied, but the said latter church of Rome hath taken and attributed to it self much more,1 than either the limits of Gods word do give, or standeth with the example of the old Roman church, in these three things especial. Whereof as mention is touched before, so briefly I will recapitulate the same.
All which inconueniences as they first came and crept in chiefly by the pretensed authoritie & iurisdiction abused in this latter church of Rome, so it can not be denyed, but the sayd latter church of Rome hath taken and attributed to it selfe much more,1 thē either the limites of Gods word do geue, or standeth with the example of the old Romane church, in these three thynges especiall. Whereof as mentiō is touched before, so briefly I will recapitulate the same.
- 1Three points wherein the Popes Church erreth in his jurisdiction.Three points wherein the Popes Church erreth in his iurisdiction.
The first is in this, that whatsoever the Scripture giveth and referreth,1 either to the whole church universally, or to every particular church severally, this church now of Rome doth arrogate to it self absolutely and only, both doing injury to other churches, & also abusing the Scriptures of God. For albeit the Scripture doth give authority to bind and loose, it limitteth it neither to person nor place, that is, neither to the City of Rome only, more than to other Cities, nor to the sea of Peter, more than to other Apostles, but giveth it clearly to the Church, whereof Peter ⟨p. 6⟩