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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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The fourth cause is the injury wrought by Luther to them their parents,1 and progenitors, for as much as their fathers, progenitors, and themselves also have always holden the same faith, which the catholic church of Rome hath appointed: contrary to which faith, Luther with his sectaries now doeth hold, saying that many things are not to be believed, which their foresaid ancestors have holden to be of faith: it is manifest therefore that they be condemn ned of Luther for infidels and heretics, and so consequently by Luther's doctrine, all their foreelders & progenitors which have deceased in this our faith be in hell: for error in faith importeth damnation.
The fourth cause is the iniury wrought by Luther to them their parentes,1 and progenitors, for as much as their fathers, progenitors, and themselues also haue alwayes holden the same fayth, which the catholick church of Rome hath appoynted: contrary to which fayth, Luther with his sectaryes now doeth holde, saying that many thinges are not to be beleued, which theyr foresaid aunceters haue holden to be of fayth: it is manifest therfore that they be condē ned of Luther for infidels and hereticks, and so consequētly by Luthers doctrine, all theyr foreelders & progenitors which haue deceased in this our fayth be in hell: for errour in fayth importeth damnation.
- 1The 4. cause.
The fifth cause to move them is, that they should well advise & consider the end,1 whereunto all these Lutherians do tend: *which is, that under the shadow of Evangelical liberty, they may abolish all superiority and power▪ For although at the first beginning they pretended only to annul and repress our power ecclesiastical, as being falsely & tyrannously usurped against the Gospel: yet for as much as liberty is all their foundation and pretence, by the which liberty the secular power and magistrates can not bind men by any commandments (be they never so just, or so reasonable)