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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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My Lords, I taught nothing but the word of God, I remember that I have read in some places in S. John and S. Peter,1 of the which one saith: He hath made us kings and priests. The other sayeth: He hath made us a kingly priesthood. 2Wherefore I have affirmed that any man being cunning in the word of God, & the true faith of Jesus Christ, hath his power given him from God, and not by the power or violence of men, but by the virtue of the word of God, the which word is called the power of God, as witnesseth S. Paul evidently enough. And again, I say that any unlearned man,3 not exercised in the word of God, nor yet constant in his faith, what so ever estate or order he be of, I say, he hath no power to bind or loose, seeing he wanteth the instrument, by the which he bindeth or looseth, that is to say, the word of God.
My Lordes, I taught nothyng but the worde of God, I remember that I haue read in some places in S. Iohn and S. Peter,1 of the which one sayth: He hath made vs kings and priests. The other sayeth: Hee hath made vs a kingly priesthood. 2Wherefore I haue affirmed that any man being cunning in the woorde of God, & the true faith of Iesu Christ, hath his power geuen him from God, and not by the power or violence of men, but by the vertue of the woorde of God, the which woord is called the power of God, as witnesseth S. Paule euidently enough. And againe, I say that any vnlearned man,3 not exercised in the worde of God, nor yet constant in his faith, what so euer estate or order hee be of, I say, he hath no power to binde or loose, seeing he wanteth the instrument, by the which he bindeth or looseth, that is to say, the woorde of God.
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