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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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1Trusty and well-beloved, we greet you well, and where as not only upon good and just and virtuous grounds and respects, edified upon the laws of holy Scripture, by due consultation, deliberation, advisement, and consent, as well of all other our nobles and commons temporal, as also spiritual assembled in our high Court of Parliament, and by authority of the same, we have by good and wholesome laws and statutes, made for this purpose, extirped, abolished, separated, and secluded out of this our Realm, the abuses of the Bishop of Rome, his authority and jurisdiction of long time usurped, as well upon us and our Realm, as upon all other Kings and Princes and their Realms (like as they themselves have confessed and affirmed) but also for as much as our said Nobles and Commons both spiritual and temporal, assembled in our high Court of Parliament,2 have upon good, lawful, and virtuous grounds, and for the public weal of this our Realm, by one whole assent, granted, annexed, knit, and united to the Crown Imperial of the same, the title, dignity, and style of supreme head or governor in earth immediately under God of the Church of England, as we be, and undoubtedly have hitherto been, which title and style both the Bishops and Clergy of this our Realm, have not only in convocation, assembled, consented, recognised, and approved lawfully and justly to appertain unto us, but also by word, oath, profession and writing under their signs and seals, have confessed, ratified, corroborated and confirmed the same, utterly renouncing all other oaths and obedience to any other foreign Potentates, and all foreign jurisdictions and powers, as well of the said Bishop of Rome, as of all other whatsoever they be, as by their said professions and writings corroborated with the subscription of their names, and apension of their seals, more plainly appeareth:
1TRustie and welbeloued, we greete you well, and where as not onely vpon good and iust and vertuous groundes and respects, edified vpon the lawes of holy Scripture, by due consultation, deliberation, aduisement, and consent, as well of all other our nobles and commons temporall, as also spirituall assembled in our high Court of Parliament, and by authoritie of the same, we haue by good and wholesome lawes and statutes, made for thys purpose, extirped, abolished, separated, and secluded out of this our Realme, the abuses of the Byshop of Rome, his authoritie and iurisdiction of long time vsurped, as well vpon vs and our Realme, as vpon all other Kings and Princes and their Realmes (lyke as they themselues haue confessed and affirmed) but also for as much as our sayde Nobles and Commons both spirituall and temporall, assembled in our high Court of Parliament,