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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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Item that he can of nothing make something, and cause the sentence, which before was none to stand in effect, and may dispense above the law, and of injustice make justice, in correcting and changing laws, for he hath the fullness of power.1 And again. dist. 40. cap. Si Papa. If the Pope do lead with him innumerable souls •• flocks into hell, yet no man must presume to rebuke his faults in this world. Item that it standeth upon necessity of salvation to believe the Primacy of the sea of Rome, and to be subject to the same. &c.
Item that he can of nothing make something, and cause the sentence, which before was none to stande in effect, and may dispence aboue the lawe, and of iniustice make iustice, in correcting and chaunging lawes, for he hath the fulnes of power.1 And againe. dist. 40. cap. Si Papa. If the Pope doe leade with him innumerable soules •• flockes into hell, yet no man must presume to rebuke his faultes in this worlde. Item that it standeth vpon necessitie of saluation to beleeue the Premacie of the sea of Rome, and to be subiect to the same. &c.
- 1Dist. 40. cap. Si. papa.
These things thus declared, now let us see whether these names and titles, with the form and manner of this authority and regality above rehearsed: were ever attributed of any in the primitive time to the bishop of Rome. For all these, he doth challenge and claim unto him by old possession from the time of S. Peter. And here a question is to be asked of our adversaries the Papists, whether they will avouch all these aforesaid titles, together with the whole form and tenor of regality, to the same belonging as is afore touched, or not? if they will, let them come forth with their allegations, which they never have done yet, nor ever shall be able: if they will not, or can not avouch them all together in manner as is specified, then why doth the bishop claim them altogether so stoutly, usurp them so falsely, and obtrude them upon us so straitly. Moreover if the said our adversaries, being convicted by plain evidence of history, and example of time, will yield unto us (as they must needs) in part, and not in the whole, let us come then to the particulars, and see what part of this regality they will defend, and derive from the ancient custom of the Primitive Church (that is from the first five hundred years,