An apologie for Iohn Wickliffe shewing his conformitie with the now Church of England; with answere to such slaunderous obiections, as haue beene lately vrged against him by Father Parsons, the apologists, and others. Collected chiefly out of diuerse works of his in written hand, by Gods especiall providence remaining in the publike library at Oxford, of the honorable foundation of Sr. Thomas Bodley Knight: by Thomas James keeper of the same.
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- An apologie for Iohn Wickliffe shewing his conformitie with the now Church of England; with answere to such slaunderous obiections, as haue beene lately vrged against him by Father Parsons, the apologists, and others. Collected chiefly out of diuerse works of his in written hand, by Gods especiall providence remaining in the publike library at Oxford, of the honorable foundation of Sr. Thomas Bodley Knight: by Thomas James keeper of the same.
- Author
- James, Thomas, 1573?-1629.
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- At Oxford :: Printed by Joseph Barnes, printer to the Vniversitie,
- 1608.
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- Wycliffe, John, d. 1384 -- Early works to 1800.
- Parsons, Robert, 1546-1610 -- Controversial literature.
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"An apologie for Iohn Wickliffe shewing his conformitie with the now Church of England; with answere to such slaunderous obiections, as haue beene lately vrged against him by Father Parsons, the apologists, and others. Collected chiefly out of diuerse works of his in written hand, by Gods especiall providence remaining in the publike library at Oxford, of the honorable foundation of Sr. Thomas Bodley Knight: by Thomas James keeper of the same." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A04328.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2024.
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HE heldz vocal Confession to a Priest, not to be necessa∣rie ina case a man a were truly contrite and sorrow∣ful for his sinne, with ful b purpose of amendment: vn∣lesse the party offending, do finde himselfe verie much grieued, in which case he counselleth him, to repaire c vnto a Priest that hath cunning and good living; & so farre this doctrine is iustly ratified, by the Canons of our Church and pittie it is, that it is not oftner vsed.
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Confessio vocalis facta Sacerdoti, in∣troducta per Innocentium non est tā necessaria Artic. 9. con deninat. in Synodo Cōst
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Si h••mo fuerit debite contritus, omnis confessio exterior est sibi superflua & inutilis. Arti••. 9. Lond damnat.
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Two manners of perfit Penance, Shrift and amendment. Com. in Psal. pag. 129. Shrift that is hallowing in our harts, lb. pag. 367. Shrift, that is forsaking of sinne. lb. pag. 363. ¶Graue & infundabile est, Presbyterum audire Confessiones, Populi modo quo Latini vtuntur, Wickliffe. 3 Ser. Dom. in monte. Wald. pag. 223.
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Lib. Miscell. pag. 247.