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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.
In primis, that the Catholic Church is the soul of every good Christen man.
In primis, that the Catholicke Churche is the soule of euery good Christen man.
Item,1 that no man is bound to fast the Lent or other fasting days appointed by the Church, for they were not appointed by God, but ordained by the priests: and that every man may eat flesh or fish upon the same days indifferently, according to his own will, & every friday is a free day to eat both flesh and fish indifferently.
Item,1 that no man is bounde to fast the Lent or other fasting dayes appoynted by the Church, for they were not appoynted by God, but ordeyned by the priestes: and that euery man may eat flesh or fish vpon the same dayes indifferently, according to his own will, & euery friday is a free day to eat both flesh and fish indifferently.
- 1Lent fast, fish days.Lent fast, fishe dayes.