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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 16. Article.
Item, that for your sundry and manifold contempts and disobediences in this behalf used, the fruits of your Bishopric were then by special commission of his Majesty justly and lawfully sequestered.
Item, that for your sondry and manifold contempts and disobediences in this behalfe vsed, the fruites of your Bishoppricke were then by speciall commission of his Maiestie iustly and lawfully sequestred.
Winchester.
To the 16. article, I deny contempts, and disobedience of parts, and say that my doings cannot so be termed, because it is taught in this realm for a doctrine of obedience, that if a king command that is contrary to the commandment of God,1 the subject may not do as he is commanded, but humbly stand to my conscience, which is my case, who could not with my conscience do as I was required. And as touching the fact of decree, there was in deed a decree read, having words so placed and framed, as though I were such an offender, which matter I deny. And in that decree was mention made of sequestration of fruits: but whether the form of words were of the present tense, or else to be sequestered, I cannot precisely tell, but do refer that to the tenor of the decree.