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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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Of his Epistles especially we read of four, which he wrote. One to the monks of Egnesham. De consuetudine monachorum. An other to Wulfstane Arch. of York, wherein is touched the matter of the Sacrament. The third, he wrote against priests marriage,1 to one Sygeferth, with whom there was a certain Anchor abiding, which defended the marriage of priests, affirming it to be lawful. The fourth, he wrote to Wulfsinus B. of Scyrburne, touching the matter of the sacrament. In the which epistle he taking occasion by a certain abuse in his time, which was, that priests on Easter day filled their housel box, and so kept it for the space of the whole year, till Easter came again, for sick persons, writeth upon that occasion, in these words as follow in his own Saxons tongue.
Of his Epistles especially we read of foure, which he wrote. One to the monkes of Egnesham. De consuetudine monachorum. An other to Wulfstane Arch. of Yorke, wherin is touched the matter of the Sacrament. The thirde, he wrote against priestes marriage,1 to one Sygeferth, with whom there was a certaine Anker abiding, which defended the marriage of priests, affirming it to be lawfull. The fourth, he wrote to Wulfsinus B. of Scyrburne, touching the matter of the sacramēt. In the which epistle he taking occasion by a certaine abuse in his time, which was, that priests on Easter day filled their housel boxe, and so kept it for the space of the whole yeare, till Easter came againe, for sicke persons, writeth vppon that occasion, in these words as follow in his owne Saxons tongue.
- 14. Epistles written of Aelfricus in the Saxon or English tongue.
A writing of Aelfric to wulfstne. 1Man sceal healden þaet halige husel mid mycelre gymene & ne forhealdan hit. ac halgian oþen edniƿe to sceocum mannum. a. embe VII. niht. oððe embe XIIII. night ꝧ hit huru fynig ne sy. forðon ðe eal sƿa ꝧ ðe on easterdaeg ƿaes gehadgod; Ðaet husel is Cristes lichama na lichamlice ac gastlice; Na see lichama ðe he on ðroƿode. ac see lichama ðe he embe spraec. ða ða h bletsode hlaf & ƿin to husel anre nihte aer his ðroƿunge. & cƿaeþ be þam gebletsode hlaf. ðis is min lichama. & eft be ðam halgan ƿine. ðis is min blood þe bið for manegum agoten on sina forgifenesse; Understandaþ nu ꝧ see drighten ðe mihte aƿendon ðone hlaf aer his ðroƿunge to his lichaman. & ꝧ ƿin to his blood gastlice. þaet see ylca daeghƿamlice bletsah ðurh sacerda handa hlaf & ƿin to his gastlican lichaman. and to his gastlican blood. The same in English. Men shall reserve more carefully that holy housell, & not reserve it to long, but hallow other of new for sick men always within a week or a fortnight,