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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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First, before the entry into the disputation, it was agreed, that the Acts should be penned by Notaries, and after to be divulged abroad. But Eckius afterward went back from that, pretending that the penning of the Notaries should be an hinderance & a stay unto them, whereby the heat of them in their reasoning should the more languish and their vehemency rebate. But Carolostadius without Notaries would not dispute. The sum of their disputations was reduced to certain conclusions.1 Among which first came in question to dispute of free will, which the Greeks call [Greek or Hebrew]. That is, whether a man have of himself, any election or purpose, to do that is good: or (to use the terms of the school) whether a man of congruence, may deserve grace, doing it which in him doth lye? Herein when the question was to be discussed, what the will of man may do of it self, without grace: they through heat of contention (as the manner is) fell into other by matters and ambages, little or nothing appertaining to that which Carolostadius proposed.2 Eckius affirmed, that the pure strength to do good, is not in mans will, but is given of God to man to take interest & increase of man again, which first he seemed to deny. Then being asked of Carolostadius whether the whole & full good work that is in man proceedeth of god: to this he answered; the whole good work but not wholly: granting that the will is moved of God:3 but to consent, to be in mans power. Against this reasons Carolostadius, alleging certain places of Austen, & namely of S. Paul, which saith,4 that God worketh in us both to will and to perform. And this sentence of Carolostadius seemed to overcome. Eckius for his assertion, in erred certain escriptes out of Bernard, which seemed little to the purpose. And thus was a whole week lost about this contentious and sophistical alteration between Eckius, and Carolostadius.
First, before the entry into the disputation, it was agreed, that the Actes should be penned by Notaryes, and after to be diuulged abroad. But Eckius afterward went backe from that, pretending that the penning of the Notaries should be an hinderaunce & a stay vnto them, wherby the heate of them in their reasoning shuld the more languish and theyr vehemency rebayte. But Carolostadius without Notaryes woulde not dispute. The summe of their disputations was reduced to certain conclusions.