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.…

Name: Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church. [vol.…
Author: John Foxe

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.

John Foxe 1516–1587London: printed by John Daye, 1583London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1583

2 v. ([32], 2154, [32] p., [5] woodcut inserts) : ill. (woodcuts) · 1.4M words · STC 11225 · ESTC S122167

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Book 8 › ¶The story, examination, death, and martyrdom of John Frith.Book 8 › ¶The storie, examination, death, and martyrdome of Iohn Frith.

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¶An other Argument. None of yt old fathers before Christs incarnation, did eat Christ corporally in their signs, but only mystically & spiritually, and were saved: Al we do eat Christ even as they did, and are saved as they were: Ergo, none of us do eat Christ corporally, but mystically, and spiritually in our signs as they did.

¶An other Argument. None of yt olde fathers before Christes incarnation, did eate Christ corporally in their signes, but only mistically & spiritually, and were saued: Al we do eate Christ euen as they did, and are saued as they were: Ergo, none of vs do eate Christe corporally, but mystycally, and spiritually in our signes as they did.

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For the probation of the first part, Frith proceeding in his discourse, declared how the ancient fathers before Christs Incarnation, did never believe any such point of this gross and carnal eating of Christs body: and yet notwithstanding they did eat him spiritually, and were saved: as Adam, Abraham, Moses, Aaron, Phinehas, and other godly Israelites besides. All which (saith he) did eat the body of Christ, and did drink his blood, as we do. But this eating and drinking of theirs was spiritual, pertaining only to faith,¹ and not to the teeth: For they were all under the cloud, and drank of the rock which followed them, this rock was Christ, which was promised them to come into the world. And this promise was first made unto Adam,² when as it was said unto the Serpent: I will put hatred between thee and the woman, between her seed and thy seed &c. ³And afterward again unto Abraham: In thy seed shall all people be blessed &c. Adding also the Sacrament of Circumcision,⁴ which was called the covenant, not because it was so in deed, but because it was a sign and a token of the covenant made between God & Abraham, admonishing us thereby how we should judge & think touching the Sacrament of his body & blood: to wit, that albeit it be called the body of Christ, yet we should properly understand thereby the fruit of our justification, which plentifully floweth unto all faithful by his most healthful body & blood. Likewise the same promise was made unto Moses the most meek & gentle captain of the Israelites, which did not only him self believe upon Christ, which was so often promised, but also did prefigurate him by divers means,

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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.…

¶A Letter of John Frith to his friends, concerning his troubles: wherein after he had first with a brief preface saluted them entering then into the matter,¹ thus he writeth.

¶A Letter of Iohn Frith to his frendes, concerning his troubles: wherein after he had first with a briefe preface saluted them entring then into the matter,¹ thus he writeth.

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¶A Letter of John Frith to his friends, concerning his troubles: wherein after he had first with a brief preface saluted them entering then into the matter,1 thus he writeth.

¶A Letter of Iohn Frith to his frendes, concerning his troubles: wherein after he had first with a briefe preface saluted them entring then into the matter,1 thus he writeth.

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¶A Letter of John Frith to his friends, concerning his troubles: wherein after he had first with a brief preface saluted them entering then into the matter,¹ thus he writeth.

¶A Letter of Iohn Frith to his frendes, concerning his troubles: wherein after he had first with a briefe preface saluted them entring then into the matter,¹ thus he writeth.