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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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And how many other Bishops and Priests in other countries besides these Bishops of Rome, might be annexed to this Catalogue, if our leisure were such, to make a whole beadroll of them all?
And howe many other Byshops and Priestes in other countreys besides these Bishops of Rome, might be annexed to this Catalogue, if our leasure were such, to make a whole beaderole of them all?
In the mean time the words of Siluius Cardinal, & afterward B. of Rome, are not to be forgotten, which he wrote to a certain friend of his,1 which after his orders taken, was disposed to marriage. To whom the foresaid Syluius answereth again in these words following: Credimus te uti non insulso consilio, si cum nequeas continere, coniugium quaeris: quamuis id prius cogitandum fuerat, anteaquam initiaveris sacris ordinibus. Sed non sumus dij omnes qui futura prospicere valeamus. Quando huc ventum est, ut legi resister nequeas, melius est nubere quàm uri, &c. That is: We believe that you in so doing, follow no sinister counsel, in that you choose to be married, when otherwise you are not able to live chaste. Albeit this counsel should have come into your head, before that you entered into Ecclesiastical orders. But we are not all gods to foresee before, what shall happen hereafter. Now for so much as the matter and case standeth so, that you are not able to resist the law, better it is to marry then to burn, &c.
In the meane time the wordes of Siluius Cardinall, & afterward B. of Rome, are not to be forgotten, whiche he wrote to a certeyne frende of his,1 whiche after his orders taken, was disposed to mariage. To whome the foresayde Syluius aunswereth agayne in these wordes folowing: Credimus te vti non insulso consilio, si cum nequeas continere, coniugium quaeris: quamuis id prius cogitandum fuerat, anteaquam initiaueris sacris ordinibus. Sed non sumus dij omnes qui futura prospicere valeamus. Quando huc ventum est, vt legi resistere nequeas, melius est nubere quàm vri, &c. That is: We beleeue that you in so doing, follow no sinister counsayle, in that you choose to be maried, when otherwise you are not able to liue chaste. Albeit this counsayle should haue come into your heade, before that you entred into Ecclesiasticall orders. But we are not all gods to foresee before, what shall happen heereafter. Now for so much as the matter and case standeth so, that you are not able to resist the lawe, better it is to marry then to burne, &c.