A67926:3767
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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Quod & Dionysius Areopagita theosophus, id est Deū sapiens, Pauli Apostoli Discipulus▪ & ab eo Atheniensium Archiepiscopus ordinatus, in epistola qua dam ad Pymtum Gnasiorum Episcopum missa, in qua plurima de nuptijs & castitate commemorat, sicut Ecclesiastica refert historia, monet, & precatur illum ne gravia onera discipulorū ceruicibus imponat, neve fratribus necessitatē compulsae castitatis inducat, in qua nonnullorum pereclitatur infirmitas. Atque Pymtus Dionysio rescripsit sententiā see consilij melioris quod ipse dabat, amplecti. Hoc i•idem & Paphnutius vir divinissimus atque castissimus, cùm in Niceno Concilio (ut in tripartita historia inuenimus) patres qui ibi aderant, hoc interdicere Sacerdotibus voluissent, in medium eorū zelo humanae infirmitatis commotus & conscius exurgens, hoc ne facerent rogavit: quin potius in voluntate uniuscuiusque ponerent exoravit, ne fortè per hoc locum darent & occasionē adulterio & fornicationi. Hac namque cautela sancti viri in religione utebantur, ut cùm de instructione & aedificatione subditorū aliquid agerent, & eos ad meliorē vitā de divinis praeceptis commoneri facerent, con patientia & mansuetudine potius obedienda praeciperent, quam cū potentia & austeritate imperarent, nullū que inuitū sibi obedire compellerent. Quorum vos exempla sequentes qui eorum loco tenetis & nomen, ne nobis infirmis importabilem sarcinam quaesumus imponatis, 1ne imprecation dominica con pharisaeis & •egisperitis suscipiamini, in qua a••: Ve vobis legis periti, qui oneratis homines oheribus quae non possunt portari, & ipsi uno digito vestro ea non tangitis. Et ne clamo• filiorū Israel ascendat ad Dominum propter duritiam eorū qui praesunt operibus Neque vos voletis facere eunuchos qui de utero matris sic nati sunt, 2vel eos eunuchos qui violenter ab hominibus facti sunt, sed potius eos eunuchos, qui seipsos sua sponte eunuchizaverunt propter regnum coelorum: 3neve sacris ordinibus & divino mysterio propter nos tantū, calumniā faciatis vel inferatis, qui propter nostram vitam improbā illud hominibus contemptibile facitis, dumb eis ne à nobis illud audiant & percipiant, prohibitis: