A67926:3862
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
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
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.
Oportet esse episcopum irreprehensibilem, unius uxoris virum. &c. A Bishop ought to be unreprovable, the husband of one wife. &c.
Oportet esse episcopum irreprehensibilem, vnius vxoris virum. &c. A Bishop oughte to be vnreprooueable, the husbande of one wife. &c.
The exposition.
Praecipit Apostolus, ne quis ad sacerdotium accedere praesumat, nisi is qui non nisi unicam uxorem laicus habuisset: Accepto autem ordine, nunquam ei carnis commixtion see copularet, tantum vitae necessaria ei subministraret: That is, The Apostle here commandeth, that none should presume to be Priest, but he who being a lay man before, hath had no more but one wife: And after he be made priest, not to couple him self any more with her, but only to minister to her, things necessary for her living. &c.
Praecipit Apostolus, ne quis ad sacerdotium accedere praesumat, nisi is qui non nisi vnicam vxorem laicus habuisset: Accepto autem ordine, nunquam ei carnis commixtione se copularet, tantum vitae necessaria ei subministraret: That is, The Apostle here commaundeth, that none shoulde presume to be Priest, but hee who being a laye manne before, hathe had no more but one wife: And after he be made prieste, not to couple him selfe anye more with her, but onely to minister to her, thinges necessary for her liuing. &c.