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.

Other articles gathered out of Setons Sermons.

TOuching reconciliation spoken of by D. Smith, prea∣ching in the forenoone at Paules crosse,* 1.1 Alexander Se∣ton preaching at afternoone, at S. Anthonies, & recityng his sayings & scriptures, reproued him for alledging thys saying, Recōciliamini deo, & englishing the same thus, recō∣cile your selues to God: because it is there spoken passiuely, & not actiuely, so that there should be nothing in man per∣teining to reconciliation, but all in God.

Also reprouing the sayd D. Smith, for that the said D. said, that man by his good works might merite. Which say¦ing of D. Smith, the sayd Alexander Setō reproued in the pulpit at S. Anthonies, the 13. day of Nouember, the yere of our Lord 1541. as noughtely spoken.

Moreouer the sayd Alexander Seton sayd in the same place, that it was shame that any such preacher shoulde be suffered so openly to preach such erroneous doctrine, as to say that workes should merite, adducing: non sunt condig∣nae passiones, &c. Et postquam feceritis omnia. &c.

Finally Seton said, peraduēture ye will say the church hath determined this matter touching workes. And I say (quoth he) that it is Ecclesia malignantium, so determining any thing agaynst scripture.

To these pretēsed obiectiōs of his aduersaryes, he made his answere again by writing, first denying many thinges there presented, taking vpon his conscience, that he neuer spake diuers of those words: and again many things, that he neuer ment to such end nor purpose, as in y^e said register may appeare. But all this notwithstanding, for all that he could say for himself, the ordinary proceded in his cōsistory iudgement, ministring to him certain Interogatories (af∣ter the popish course) to y^e number of x. articles The grea∣test matter laid against him was for preaching free iustifi∣catiō by fayth in Christ Iesu,* 1.2 agaynst false cōfidēce in good works, & mans fre wil. Also it was layd vnto him, for affir¦ming y^e priuate masses & diriges, & other prayers profited not y^e soules departed: so that in the end, he with Tolwing aforesaid was caused to recant at paules crosse. an. 1541.

• Adde to these aforesayd, D. Taylor Parson of S. Peters in Cornehill.
• ...South, Parish priest of Allhallowes in Lombardstreet.
• ...Some, Priest.
• ...Giles, the kinges Beerebrewer at the redde Lion, in S Ka∣therines.
• Tho. Lancaster, Priest. All which were imprisoned like∣wise for the 6. Articles.

To be short, such a number out of all parishes in Lōdō & out of Calice: and diuers other quarters,* 1.3 were thē appre¦hended through the sayd Inquisitiō, that al prisons in Lō∣don were to litle to hold thē, in so much that they were fain to lay thē in the Halles. At the last by the meanes of good L. Audley, such pardō was obteined of the king, that y^e said L. Audley, thē L. Chancellor, being contēt that one should be bound for another, they were all discharged, being boūd onely to appere in the starre chamber the next day after Al soules, there to answer if they were called: but neither was there any person called, neither did there any appeare.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Other articles out of Setons s••rmons. 2. Cor. 5.
• * 1.2

  Seton b••••∣ring a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 at Paules crosse.
• * 1.3

  All prison•• in London to little to hold them that were taken for the vi. arti∣cles.

  The Lord Audly Lo•••• Chauncel∣lour of Eng∣land.