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.

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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.
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Foxe, John, 1516-1587.
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[At London :: Imprinted by Iohn Daye, dwellyng ouer Aldersgate beneath S. Martins],
An. 1583. Mens. Octobr.
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Martyrs -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A67926.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.

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The Arguments of Iohn Newman.
  • If the body of Christ were really and bodily in the sa∣crament, then whosoeuer receiued the Sacrament, receiued also the body.
  • The wicked receiuyng the Sacrament, receiue not the body of Christ.
  • Ergo, the body of Christ is not really in the sacrament.
Argument.
  • Ca- They which eate the flesh, and drinke the bloude of Christ, dwell in hym. and he in them.
  • mes- The wicked dwell not in Christ, nor he in them.
  • tres. Ergo, the wicked eate not the flesh, nor drinke ye bloud of Christ.
Argument.
  • Ca- They that haue Christ dwelling in them, bring forth much fruit. Iohn. 15. He that dwelleth in me, and I in hym, bringeth forth much fruit. &c.
  • mes- The wicked bryng forth no fruit of goodnes.
  • tres. Ergo, they haue not Christes body dwelling in them.
Argument.
  • Da- Where remembrance is of a thing, there is imported the absence thereof.
  • ti- Remembrance of Christes body is in the sacrament: Do this in remembraunce of me &c.
  • si Ergo, Christes body there is imported to be absent.

Mary they wil say, we see hym not with our outward eies, but he is commended vnder the forme of bread and wyne, and that that we see, is nothing but a qualitie or an accidence. But let them shew me a qualitie or an accidence without a substance, & I wil beleue them. And thus much concernyng Newmans examinations and arguments.

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