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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
For the more evident probation whereof (although the thing of it self is so evident, that it needeth no proof) what can be more plain, then the words themselves of Pelagius and Gregory wherewith they charge him for running before his brethren, for challenging superiority above them, for diminishing their honour, by taking more honour then to him was due, for following the angel of pride in exalting himself, in admitting that to him, which the bishops of Rome and their predecessors had refused, being offered to them before, &c All which declare that he sought not to thrust out all other bishops out of their churches, and to be bishop himself alone. For that was never offered to the Bishops of Rome by the Council of Chalcedon, that they should be bishops alone, and none other. Neither did Lucifer seek to have no mo angels in all heaven, but himself, but he to be above all other alone.
For the more euident probation whereof (although the thing of it selfe is so euident, that it needeth no proofe) what can be more playne, then the words themselues of Pelagius and Gregory wherwith they charge him for running before his brethren, for chalenging superioritie aboue them, for diminishing their honour, by taking more honour then to him was due, for following the aungell of pride in exalting himselfe, in admitting that to him, which the bishops of Rome and their predecessours had refused, beyng offered to them before, &c All which declare that he sought not to thrust out all other bishops out of their churches, and to be bishop himselfe alone. For that was neuer offered to the Bishops of Rome by the Councell of Chalcedon, that they should be bishops alone, and none other. Neither did Lucifer seeke to haue no mo angels in all heauen, but himself, but he to be aboue all other alone.
Likewise the word praecurrere, that is, to run before other in the Epistle of Pelagius, 1declareth that John sought not to be bishop alone, but Bishop universal. We say not that a man runneth before another, when he runneth alone, and no man followeth him, that is not properly praecurrere, but solus curer. Moreover, in seeking to be superior to other bishops, he seeketh not to take away other Bishops, but to make other bishops inferior to him. For where no inferior is, there can be no superior, forasmuch as these together are correlatives, & infer necessary respect mutually. And if it were true as this Glosser saith, that he had sought to be bishop alone, how would that Council either