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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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Besides these aforesaid, the bishops of Rome had also §12an other artificial practise, that in sending out their letters abroad, as they did to many, in all their Epistles (if the Epistles be theirs, and not forged) ever they were harping of the greatness of their name, and of their Apostolic sea, and of the primacy of S. Peter, their predecessor and prince of all the Apostles, &c. And this they used in every letter, when so ever they wrote to any, as appeareth in all their letters decretal, namely, in the letters of Miltiades, Marcellus, and Marcus, &c.
Besides these aforesaid, the bishops of Rome had also §12an other artificiall practise, that in sending out their letters abroad, as they did to many, in all their Epistles (if the Epistles be theirs, and not forged) euer they were harping of the greatnes of their name, and of their Apostolike sea, and of the primacie of S. Peter, their predecessor and prince of all the Apostles, &c. And this they vsed in euerie letter, when so euer they wrote to any, as appeareth in all their letters decretall, namely, in the letters of Miltiades, Marcellus, and Marcus, &c.
Again, if any of the East church directed any writing §13to them, wherein any signification was contained of never so little reverence given unto them (as learned men commonly use for modesties sake) that was taken by & by and construed for plain subjection, and due obedience, as declareth the letter of Damasus, written to the bishops of the East Church, beginning thus: Quod debita reverentia, &c. in English thus: but that your charity yieldeth due reverence to the Apostolical sea, you in so doing (dear children) do much for your selves, &c. Theodoret. Lib. 5. cap. 9. where as the Bishops of the East Church notwithstanding had showed little or no reverence in their Epistle to Pope Damasus before.
Againe, if any of the East church directed any writing