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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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Book 8 › ¶The Kings Injunctions.Book 8 › ¶The Kings Iniunctions.
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¶The Kings Injunctions.
¶The Kings Iniunctions.
Forasmuch as the number of holy days is so excessively grown,1 and yet daily more and more by mens devotion yea rather superstition, was like further to increase, that the same was and should be not only prejudicial to the common weal, by reason that it is occasion as well of much sloth and idleness, the very nurse of thieves, vagabonds: and of divers other unthriftiness and inconveniences, as of decay of good mysteries & Arts profitable & necessary for the common wealth, & loss of mans food, many times being clean destroyed through the superstitious observance of the said holidays, in not taking the opportunity of good & serene weather, offered upon the same in time of harvest, but also pernicious to the souls of many men, which (being enticed by the licentious vacation & liberty of those holidays, do upon the same, commonly use and practise more excess, riot, and superfluity, then upon any other days. And sith the Sabbath day was used and ordained, but for mans use, and therefore ought to give place to the necessity and behoof of the same whensoever that shall occur, much rather any other holiday institute by man: It is therefore by the Kings highness authority as supreme head in earth of the Church of England, with the common assent and consent of the Prelates and Clergy of this his Realm, in convocation lawfully assembled and congregated, amongst other things decreed, ordained and established.
FOrasmuch as the number of holy dayes is so excessiuely growen,1 and yet daily more and more by mens deuotion yea rather superstition, was like further to encrease, that the same was and should be not onely preiudiciall to the common weale, by reason that it is occasion as well of much slouth and idlenes, the very nursse of theeues, vagabunds: and of diuers other vnthriftines and inconueniences, as of decay of good misteries & Artes profitable & necessary for the common wealth, & losse of mans foode, many times being cleane destroied through the superstitious obseruance of the said holydaies, in not taking the oportunity of good & serene weather, offered vpon the same in time of haruest, but also pernicious to the soules of many men, which (being entised by the licencious vacation & libertie of those holydaies, do vpon the same, commonly vse and practise more excesse, riot, and superfluitie, then vpon any other dayes. And sith the Sabboth day was vsed and ordeined, but for mans vse, and therefore ought to geue place to the necessitie and behoofe of the same whensoeuer that shall occurre, much rather any other holyday institute by man: It is therefore by the Kings highnes authoritie as supreme head in earth of the Church of England, with the common assent and consent of the Prelates and Cleargie of this his Realme, in conuocation lawfully assembled and congregated, amongst other things decreed, ordeyned and established.