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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 › ¶Argument, › Explication of article 2: The second Article.
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Item, an other Objection. 1And why may not the Church (say they) as well alter the form of this Sacrament, as the Apostles did the form of Baptism, where in the Acts S. Peter saith: Let every one be baptised in the name of Jesus Christ. &c.
Item, an other Obiection. 1And why maye not the Churche (say they) as well alter the fourme of thys Sacramente, as the Apostles did the fourme of Baptisme, where in the Actes S. Peter sayth: Let euery one be baptised in the name of Iesu Christ. &c.
- 1Galat. •. An other objection against both kinds. Act. •.Galat. •. An other obiection agaynst both kindes. Act. •.
Answer. This text sayeth not, that the Apostles used this form of baptising: I baptise thee in the name of Christ. 1&c. but they used many times this manner of speech, to be baptised in the name of Christ, not as expressing thereby the formable words of baptising, but as meaning this, that they would have them to become members of Christ,2 and to be baptised as Christians, entering into his baptism, and not only to the Baptism of John: and therefore, although the apostles thus spake to the people, yet notwithstanding when they baptised any themselves, they used (no doubt) the form of Christ prescribed, and no other.