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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Hic pastor pastorū, princeps Apostolorū, quid caeteri pastores vel Apostoli debeant facere, quomodo gregē Domini sibi creditum tractare, apertè & piè demonstrat atque insinuat, & quantam solicitudinem & compassionem erga subditos habere oporteat, eis inculcat: & omnem potestatem tyrannicae dominationis vel ambitionem cupiditatis, quam quidam in subditos sibi exercent, ab eorum cordibus procul eliminat, & eos non dominos, 1sed patres subditorum debere esse pronunciat: neque eis aliquid typo potentiae imperare, sed zelo pietatis admonere & obsecrare juxta vires uniuscuiusque secundum Dominum, non secundum suae voluntatis arbitrium vel potestatis imperium: & illis formam esse gregi debere, ut quid alijs imperant, ipsi priores faciant, & non minus exemplis quam verbo proficiant. Ex animo▪ inquit: non ex imperio: ex voluntate, non coactione: ex charitate, non ex cupiditate. Sunt enim plaerique qui zelo cupiditatis, non charitatis accensi, alijs imperant quod implere non valent: & dum lucrum animarum querere see simulant, lucrum potius terrenum captant. Quod bene Baalam propheta exprimit, 2qui prophetiae donum & benedicendi gratiam quam divinitus acceperat, non ad utilitatē aliorum, sed ad usum suae cupiditatis vertit: & sicut nonnulli qui dum alios corrigunt, hoc zelo Dei facere se ostendunt, & dun meliores alijs see videri volunt, hoc praesumptione quadam & temeritate agunt, & ideo in ipso praesumptionis suae & temeritatis actu corruunt. De quibus dicit Apostolus: Qui zelum Dei habent, 3sed non secundum scientiam. Zelum Dei secundum scientiam est habere, providè & consult in divinis rebus aliquid agere. Quorum profectio Oza similitudinem gerit, qui dum Arcam Domini calcitrantibus bobus qui eam portabant, in•linatum parumper erigere voluit, mox dum ad eam manum tetendit, mortuus cecidit. Arcam Domini calcitrantibus bobus inclinari▪ est legem Domini quam ipsi sacerdotes portare & tenere debent ab eis nō obseruando contradici, & quasi à recto statu in diversam partem flecti, quam Oza, qui adiutor dei interpretatur, erigere tentat:
Hic pastor pastorū, princeps Apostolorū, quid caeteri pastores vel Apostoli debeant facere, quomodo gregē Domini sibi creditum tractare, apertè & piè demonstrat atque insinuat, & quantam solicitudinem & compassionem erga subditos habere oporteat, eis inculcat: & omnem potestatem tyrannicae dominationis vel ambitionem cupiditatis, quam quidam in subditos sibi exercent, ab eorum cordibus procul eliminat, & eos non dominos,