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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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Doctor Colet.
Doctour Colet.
Much about this time, or not past 2. years before,1 died D. John Colet, of whom mention was made in the table about pag. 801. To whose sermons these known men about Buckinghamshire, had a great mind to resort. After he came from Italy and Paris, he first began to read the Epistles of S. Paul openly in Oxford,2 in stead of Scotus and Thomas. From thence he was called by the king and made Dean of Pauls: where he accustomed much to preach, not without great auditory, as well of the kings court, as of the citizens and other. His diet was frugal: his life upright: in discipline he was severe: In so much that his Canons because of their straiter rule, complained that they were made like monks. The honest and honourable state of matrimony he ever preferred before the unchaste singleness of priests.3 At his dinner commonly was read either some chapter of S. Paul, or of Solomons Proverbs. He never used to sup. And although the blindness of that time carried him away after the common error of Popery: yet in ripeness of judgement he seemed something to incline from the vulgar trade of that age. The religious orders of monks and friars he fantised not. As neither he could greatly favour the barbarous divinity of the school Doctors, as of Scotus, but least of all, of Thomas Aquine:4 In so much that when Erasmus speaking in the praise of Thom. Aquine, did commend him that he had red many old authors, and had written many new works as Catena aurea, & such like, to prove and to know his judgement: Colet first supposing that Erasmus had spoken in jest, but after supposing that he meant good faith, bursteth our in great vehemency, saying: what tell you me (quoth he) of the commendation of that man, who except he had been of an arrogant and presumptuous spirit, would not define and discuss all things so boldly & rashly: and also except he had been rather worldly minded, then heavenly, would never have so polluted christs whole doctrine with mans profane doctrine, in such sort as he hath done.