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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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But here stumbleth in an argument of our adversary again,1 which he in the margin of his book calleth an invincible argument drawn out of the bowels of S. John Chrisostome. Lib. 2. De Sacerd. Whereby he supposeth to have given a shrewd blow to the Protestants, and to have gotten Hectors victory upon a certain English prisoner taken in plain field, and of all such as take his part. The text only of Chrysostom he reciteth, but maketh no argument albeit he maketh mention of an invincible argument in the margin. But because he either wist not, or list not to show his cunning therein, I will form that in argument for him which he would have done, but did not: and so will form it (the Lord willing) as he himself must of necessity be driven to do, if the matter ever come to the trial of act, and not to the trifling of words. First, he taketh his text out of Chrysostom,2 as followeth: for what cause, I pray you, did Christ shed his blood? Truly, to redeem those sheep, whose charge he committeth to Peter, and to Peters successors. Upon this place of Chrysostom. this Clarke taketh his medium, Christs suffering. His conclusion is, that all which Christ died for, were committed to Peter, Wherefore the form of the argument must needs stand thus in the third figure.
But here stumbleth in an argument of our aduersarie againe,1 which he in the margent of his book calleth an inuincible argument drawen out of the bowels of S. Iohn Chrisostome. Lib. 2. De Sacerd. Wherby he supposeth to haue giuen a shrewd blow to the Protestants, and to haue gotten Hectors victory vpon a certaine English prisoner taken in plain field, and of all such as take his part. The text onely of Chrysostome he reciteth, but maketh no argument albeit he maketh mention of an inuincible argumēt in the margent. But because he either wist not, or list not to shew his cunning therein, I wil forme that in argumēt for him which he would haue done, but did not: and so will forme it (the Lord willing) as he himselfe must of necessitie bee driuen to do, if the matter euer come to the triall of act, and not to the trifling of wordes. First, he taketh his text out of Chrysostome,2