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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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And if to call this or that truth, requireth a deep and profound knowledge, then either every man hath a deep and profound knowledge, or else no man can call this or that truth: & it behoveth every Preacher to have so deep and profound knowledge, that he may call this or that truth, which this or that he taketh in hand to preach for the truth, and yet he may be ignorant and uncertain in many things, both this and that, as Apollo was: but which things, whether this or that, he will not attempt to preach for the truth. And as for my self, I trust in God, I may have sensus exercitatos well enough ad discernendum bonum & malum. Sensus exercised to discern good and evil in those things which without deep and profound knowledge in many things I preach not, yea there be many things in scripture in which I cannot certainly discern bonum & malum, I mean verum & falsum, not with all the exercise that I have in scripture, nor yet with help of all interpreters that I have, to content my self and other in all scrupulosity, that may arise: but in such I am wont to wade no farther into the stream, then that I may either go over, or else return back again, having ever respect, not to the ostentation of my little wit, but to the edification of them that hear me, as far forth as I can, neither passing mine own nor yet their capacity.
And if to call this or that truth, requireth a deepe and profound knowledge, then eyther euery man hath a deepe and profound knowledge, or els no man can call this or that truth: & it behoueth euery Preacher to haue so deepe and profound knowledge, that he may call this or that truth, which this or that hee taketh in hand to preache for the truth, and yet hee may be ignoraunt and vncertayne in many thinges, both this and that, as Apollo was: but which thinges, whether this or that, he will not attempt to preach for the truth. And as for my self, I trust in God, I maye haue sensus exercitatos well enough ad discernendum bonum & malum. Sensus exercised to discerne good and euill in those thinges which wythout deep and profound knowledge in many thinges I preache not, yea there be manye thinges in scripture in whiche I cannot certaynely discerne bonum & malum, I meane verum & falsum, not with al the exercise that I haue in scripture, nor yet with helpe of all interpreters that I haue, to content my selfe and other in all scrupulosity, that may arise: but in such I am wont to wade no farther into the streame, then that I may eyther go ouer, or els returne backe agayne, hauing euer respect, not to the ostentation of my little wit, but to the edification of them that heare me, as far forth as I can, neyther passing myne owne nor yet theyr capacitie.