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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 2] 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 2] 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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Book 11 › Letters of M. Latimer. › Letter › Our Lady was a Sinner.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Our Lady was a Sinner.
So they did belie me to have said, when I had said nothing so, but to reprove certain both Priests and beneficed men, which do give so much to our Lady,1 as though she had not been saved by Christ, a whole Saviour both of her, and of all that be and shall be saved: I did reason after this manner, that either she was a sinner, or no sinner: if a sinner, then she was delivered from sin by Christ:2 so that he saved her, either by delivering or by preserving her from sin, so that without him neither she, nor none other, neither be, nor could be saved. And to avoid all offence, I showed how it might be answered, both to certain Scriptures which maketh all generally sinners, and how it might be answered unto Chrysostom and Theophilact, which maketh her namely and specially a sinner. But all would not serve, their malice is so great: notwithstanding that five hundred honest men can and will bear record.3 When they cannot reprove that thing that I do say, then they will belie me to say that thing that they can not reprove, for they will needs appear to be against me.
So they did belye me to haue sayd, when I had sayd nothing so, but to reproue certayne both Priestes and beneficed menne, whiche doe geue so muche to our Ladye,1 as though she had not bene saued by Christe, a whole Sauiour both of her, and of all that be and shall be saued: I did reason after this maner, that either she was a sinner, or no sinner: if a sinner, then she was deliuered from sinne by Christ: