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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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Then he commanded Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury to refute his assertion: who first making a short preface unto the hearers,1 began his disputation with Lambert, very modestly, saying: Brother Lambert, let this matter be handled between us indifferently, that if I do convince this your argument to be false by the Scriptures, you will willingly refuse the same: but if you shall prove it true by the manifest testimonies of the scripture, I do promise, I will willingly embrace the same.
Then he commanded Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterburie to refute his assertion: who first making a short preface vnto the hearers,1 began his disputation with Lambert, verie modestlie, saieng: Brother Lambert, let this matter be handled betwene vs indifferentlie, that if I do conuince this your argument to be false by the Scriptures, you will willinglie refuse the same: but if you shall prooue it true by the manifest testimonies of the scripture, I do promise, I will willinglie embrace the same.
- 1The Archbishops reasons.
The argument was this, taken out of that place of the Acts of the Apostles, where as Christ appeared unto S. Paul by the way: disputing out of that place,1 that it is not disagreeable to the word of God, that the body of Christ may be in two places at once, which being in heaven was seen unto S. Paul the same time upon earth: & if it may be in two places, why by the like reason, may it not be in many places?
The argument was this, taken out of that place of the Actes of the Apostles, where as Christ appeared vnto S. Paule by the way: disputing out of that place,