A67926:6392
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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5 Item, it is convenient and godly, that the scripture of the old Testament and new, that is, the whole Bible, be had in English and published to be read of every man, & that who soever doth repel & dehort me from the reading thereof, doth evil and damnably. 6 Item, that the said late king of just ground and reason did receive into his hands the authority and disposition of chantries and such livings as were given for the maintenance of private masses, and did well change divers of them to other uses. 7 Also the kings majesty that now is by the advise & consent of the Parliament, did upon just ground and reason,1 suppress, abolish, and take away the said chantries and such other livings as were used and occupied for maintenance of private Masses, and Masses satisfactory for the souls of them which are dead, or finding of obits, lights, or other like things:2 the Mass that was wont to be said of priests, was full of abuses, and had very few things of Christs institution besides the Epistle, Gospel, Lords prayer, and the words of the Lords supper: the rest for the more part were invented and devised by bishops of Rome, and by other men of the same sort, and therefore justly taken away by the statutes and laws of this realm: and the communion which is placed in the stead thereof, is very godly and agreeable to the Scriptures. ⟨p. 1358⟩38 Item, that it is most convenient and fit, and according to the first institution, that all Christen men should receive the Sacrament of the body and blood of Christ in both the kinds,4 that is, in bread and wine. 9 And the mass wherein the Priest doth only receive and the other do but look on,5 is but the invention of man, and the ordinance of the bishop of Romes church, nor agreeable to Scripture. 10 Item, that upon good and godly considerations, it is ordered in the said book and order,6 that the Sacrament should not be lifted up and showed to the people to be adored, but to be with godly devotion received as it was first instituted.