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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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Now when the right noble Lord Cromwell,1 the Archbishop, with the other Bishops, which did defend the pure doctrine of the gospel, heard this, they smiled a little one upon another, forasmuch as they saw him flee even in the very beginning of the disputation, unto his old rusty sophistry and unwritten verities. Then Alesius would have proceeded further with the Bishop to have confuted this blasphemous lye, but the Lord Cromwell bade him be content, for ⟨p. 1184⟩the time began to go away, and it was xij. of the clock, and thus he made an end with his protestation. Right reverend master Bishop, you deny that our christen faith and religion doth lean only upon the word of God which is written in the Bible, which thing if I can prove and declare, then you will grant me that there be no sacraments, but those that have the manifest word of God to confirm them. Unto this he did consent, and then immediately that assemble was dissolved for that day.
Now when the right noble Lord Cromwell,1 the Archbishop, with the other Bishops, which did defend the pure doctrine of the gospel, heard this, they smiled a litle one vpō another, forasmuch as they saw him flee euen in ye very beginning of the disputation, vnto his old rusty sophistry and vnwritten verities. Then Alesius would haue proceded further with the Bishop to haue confuted this blasphemous lye, but the Lord Cromwell bade him be cōtent, for ⟨p. 1184⟩the time began to go away, and it was xij. of the clock, and thus he made an end wt his protestation. Right reuerend mayster Bishop, you deny that our christen fayth and religion doth leane only vpō the word of God which is written in the Bible, which thing if I can proue and declare, then you will graunt me that there be no sacramentes, but those that haue the manifest word of God to confirme thē. Unto this he did consent, and then immediatly that assemble was dissolued for that day.
- 1The unwritten word of God. Stokesly laughed to scorn.