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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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But this ancient foundation with the old ancient Church of Christ (as I said) hath been now of long time forsaken, & in stead thereof a new Church,1 with a new foundation hath been erected and framed, not upon gods promise & his free grace in Christ Jesus, nor upon free justification by faith, but upon merits & deserts of mens working. And hereof have they planted all these their new devises, so infinite that they cannot well be numbered as masses, trecenares, diriges, obsequies, matins and hours singing service, vigils, midnightrising, barefootgoing, fishtasting, lentfast, imberfast, stations, rogations, jubilees, advocation of saints, praying to images, pilgrimage walking, works of supererogation, application of merits, orders rules, sects of religion, vows of chastity, wilful poverty, pardons, relations, indulgences, penance and satisfaction, with auricular confession, sounding of Abbeys, building of Chapels, giving to Churches, And who is able to recite all their laborious buildings: falsely framed upon a wrong ground, and all for ignorance of the true foundation, which is the free justification by faith in Christ Jesus the son of God.
But this auncient foundation with the olde auncient Church of Christ (as I sayd) hath bene now of long tyme forsaken, & in stead therof a new Church,1 with a new foundation hath bene erected and framed, not vpon gods promise & his free grace in Christ Iesus, nor vpon free iustification by fayth, but vpon merits & desertes of mens working. And hereof haue they planted al these their new deuises, so infinite that they cannot wel be numbred as masses, trecenares, diriges, obsequies, mattens and houres singing seruice, vigiles, midnightrising, barefootgoing, fishtasting, lentfast, imberfast, stations, rogations, iubiles, aduocatiō of saints, praying to images, pilgrimage walking, workes of supererogation, application of merites, orders rules, sectes of religion, vowes of chastitie, wilful pouerty, pardons, relations, indulgences, penaunce and satisfaction, with auricular confession, sounding of Abbaies, building of Chappels, geuing to Churches, And who is able to recite all their laborious buildinges: falsly framed vpon a wrong ground, and all for ignoraunce of the true foundation, whiche is the free iustification by fayth in Christ Iesus the sonne of God.
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