A67927:5443
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
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
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.
¶The submission or confession of these aforesaid prisoners.
¶The submission or confession of these aforesayd prisoners.
1Because our saviour Christ at his last supper took bread and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave it unto his Disciples and said: Take, eat, this is my body which is given for you, this do in the remembrance of me: Therefore according to the words of our saviour Jesus Christ, we do believe in the sacrament to be Christs body. And likewise he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to his Disciples and said: This is my blood of the new Testament which is shed for many.
1BEcause our sauiour Christ at his last supper took bread and when he had geuen thankes, he brake it, and gaue it vnto his Disciples and sayde: Take, eate, this is my bodye whiche is geuen for you, this doe in the remembraunce of me: Therefore according to the wordes of our sauioure Iesus Christ, we do beleue in the sacrament to be Christes body. And likewise he tooke the cup, gaue thankes, and gaue it to his Disciples and sayd: This is my bloud of the newe Testament which is shed for many.
- 1[…]〈…〉
Therefore likewise we do believe that it is the blood of Christ, according as Christs Church doth minister the same. Unto the which Catholic Church of Christ, we do in this, like as in all other matters submit our selves promising therein to live as it becometh good christian men, and here in this realm to use our selves, as it becometh faithful subjects unto our most gracious king and Queen, and to all other superiors both spiritual and temporal, according to our bounden duties.