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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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When he had spoken thus much,1 the B. of London did interrupt him, and said: Let us grant that the sacraments may be gathered out of the word of God, yet are you far deceived, if ye think that there is none other word of God, but that which every sowter and cobbler do read in their mother tongue. And if ye think that nothing pertaineth unto the Christian faith, but that only that is written in the Bible, then err ye plainly with the Lutherans.2 For S. John saith: that Jesus did many things which be not written. And S. Paul commandeth the Thess. to observe and keep certain unwritten traditions & ceremonies.3 2. Thes. 2. Moreover he himself did preach not the scripture only but even also the traditions of the Elders. Act. xvj. Finally we have received many things of the Doctors & Councils by times, which although they be not written in the Bible, yet for as much as the old Doctors of the Church do make mention of them, we ought to grant that we received them of the Apostles, and that they be of like authority with the Scripture, and finally that they may worthily be called the word of God unwritten.
When he had spoken thus much,1 the B. of Londō dyd interrupt him, and sayd: Let vs graūt that the sacraments may be gathered out of the word of God, yet are you farre deceiued, if ye think that there is none other word of God, but that which euery sowter and cobler doe reade in theyr mother tongue. And if ye thinke that nothing pertayneth vnto the Christian fayth, but that onely that is written in the Bible, then erre ye playnely with the Lutherans.2 For S. Iohn sayth: that Iesus did many thinges which be not written. And S. Paul commaundeth the Thess. to obserue and keep certeine vnwritten traditions & ceremonies.3