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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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Furthermore, the more these Abbeys multiplied, and the longer they continued, in time the more corruption still they drew unto them. And albeit we read the name of Monks to have continued from the old ancient time, yet notwithstanding the Monks of those days were not like to the Monks of our time, nor their houses then, like to our Abbeys now. So we read of the Monks of Bangor before the coming of Augustine: but those Monks got their living with toil and labour of their hands, and had no other lands nor lordships to live upon.1 Again, neither were they as Ministers then, but as Lay men: according as Hierome describeth the Monks of his time, sayeng: Monachus non docentis, sed plangentis habet officium. And again he sayeth: Alia causa est Monachi, alia Clerici. Clerici oves pascunt. Ego pascor. That is, A Monks office is not to preach, but to mourn. The state of a Monk is one thing, and the state of a Priest is another. Priests feed the flock of Christ. I am fed, &c.
Furthermore, the more these Abbeyes multiplyed, and the longer they continued, in time the more corruption still they drew vnto them. And albeit we reade the name of Monkes to haue continued from the old auncient time, yet notwithstanding the Monkes of those dayes were not like to the Monkes of our time, nor their houses then, like to our Abbeyes nowe. So we reade of the Monkes of Bangor before the comming of Augustine: but those Monkes got their liuing with toyle and labour of theyr hands, and had no other lands nor lordships to liue vpō.1 Againe, neither were they as Ministers then, but as Laye men: according as Hierome describeth the Monkes of his time, sayeng: Monachus non docentis, sed plangentis habet officium. And againe he sayeth: Alia causa est Monachi, alia Clerici. Clerici oues pascunt. Ego pascor. That is, A Monkes office is not to preache, but to mourne. The state of a Monke is one thing, and the state of a Priest is another. Priestes feede the flocke of Christ. I am fedde, &c.
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