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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. 2, part 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. 2, part 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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Add moreover to these the testimony of Richard Seman: that Bilney in Ipswich should preach these words: Our Saviour Christ is our mediator between us and the father: what then should need us to seek to any Saint for remedy, inferior to Christ? Wherefore to make such petition to any, but to our Saviour Christ, trusting thereby to have ⟨p. 1011⟩remedy, doth great injury to the blood of Christ, and deformeth our Saviour Christ, like as, if a man should take and strike o• the head, and set it under the foot, and to set the foot above.
Adde moreouer to these the testimonye of Richarde Seman: that Bilney in Ipswich shoulde preache these wordes: Our Sauioure Christ is our mediatour betweene vs and the father: what then should neede vs to seeke to anye Saynt for remedye, inferiour to Christ? Wherefore to make suche petition to anye, but to our Sauiour Christ, trustyng therby to haue ⟨p. 1011⟩rem•die, doth great iniurie to the bloud of Christ, and deformeth our Sauiour Christ, like as, if a man shoulde take and stryke o• the head, and set it vnder the foote, and to set the foote aboue.
Thus much being partly touched before, I thought here to insinuate again out of the Registers, touching the opinions of Tho. Bilney. Whereby may appear the whole sum of his preaching & doctrine to proceed chiefly against Idolatry, invocation of saints, vain worship of Images, false trust to mens merits, & such other gross points of religion, as seemed prejudicial & derogatory to the blood of our saviour Jesus Christ. As touching the Mass, and Sacrament of the altar,1 as he never varied from himself, so he never differed therein from the most grossest Catholics And as concerning his opinion of the Church of Rome, how blind it was at that time, may sufficiently appear by his own answers in time of his abjuration, written with his own hand in Latin, which I have to show, as followeth: Credo plaerasque legis pontificias utiles esse,