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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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1Magnus Pontifex. He is the great Bishop, the high Bishop the supreme Bishop, the universal Bishop over all the world. No great bishop but he.2 None high, none supreme nor universal Bishop, but he.
1Magnus Pontifex. He is the great Bishop, the high Byshoppe the supreme Byshop, the vniuersall Bishop ouer all the world. No great bishop but he.2 None high, none supreme nor vniuersall Byshop, but he.
- 1•agnus.
- 2No great Bishop but […] Christ.No great Bishop but 〈…〉 Christ.
And herein the bishop of Rome outrageously usurpeth upon God, as he doth upon the world, to take the honour and names (only to God appropriate) to himself,1 and doth grievously blaspheme and offend God therein. Greater blasphemy can not be, then to ascribe to God, that that no ways belongeth unto him, or to take from God, that that is unto him appropriate. It is meet therefore he do betimes and in season, leave his unjust encroachments both against his Lord God, and also against the world, least he do provoke God to pour out all his vials of wrath upon him:2 the Vaees, I mean, the maledictions and vengeance that John speaketh of in the Apocalypse.