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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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116. Item, the said Apostle, besides the sacramental supper maketh mention of Baptism, or washing of regeneration, although he himself Baptised but few. 1. Cor. 1. of the other sacraments he maketh no mention.
116. Item, the sayde Apostle, besides the sacramentall supper maketh mention of Baptisme, or washing of regeneration, although he himselfe Baptised but few. 1. Cor. 1. of the other sacraments he maketh no mention.
- 1No mo Sacraments mentioned in S. Paul, but the Lords supper and baptism. The authority and office of the civill Magistrates.No mo Sacramentes mentioned in S. Paule, but the Lordes supper and baptisme. The authoritie and office of the ciuill Magistrates.
17. Item, by the same doctrine of S. Paul no tongue is to be used in the congregation which is not known and doth not edify. 1. Cor, 14.
17. Item, by the same doctrine of S. Paule no tongue is to be vsed in the congregation which is not knowen and doth not edifie. 1. Cor, 14.
18. Item, the rule of S. Pauls doctrine subjecteth every creature under the obedience of Kings and Princes and ordinary Magistrates ordained of God to have the sword and authority of public regiment to order and dispose in all things not contrary to God, whatsoever pertaineth to the maintenance of the good, or to the correction of the evil: from whose jurisdiction there is no exemption of vocations of persons, whether they be Ecclesiastical or political. And therefore to this office appertaineth to preserve peace, to set things in lawful order, to conserve Christian discipline in the Church of Christ, to remove offences, to bridle the disobedient, to provide and procure wholesome and faithful teachers over the people, to maintain learning and set up schools, to have oversight not only of the people, but also of all Ecclesiastical ministers to see to every one to do his duty, & to remove or punish such as be negligent: also to call Councils and Synods, & to provide the Church goods to be faithfully dispensed by the hands of true dealers, to the sustentation of the Church, of true teachers, & to the public necessity of the poor, &c.