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.

¶Other articles obiected by Boner Bi. of London agaynst Tho. Loseby, Henry Ramsey, Thomas Thyr∣tell, Margaret Hide, and Agnes Stanley, the vi. day of March, being the second tyme of theyr examination.

* 1.11. FIrst, that thou hast thought, beleued, and spoken, w^t in some part of the citie and Dioces of London, that the fayth, Religion, and Ecclesiasticall seruice here obser∣ued and kept, as it is in the Realme of England, is not a true and a laudable fayth, Religion, and seruice, espe∣cially concerning the Masse,* 1.2 and the 7. sacramentes, nor is agreable to Gods worde & testament, & that thou canst not finde in thy heart without murmuring, grudging, or scruple to receaue and vse it, & to conforme thy selfe vnto it, as other subiectes of this realme customably haue done and doe.* 1.3

2. Item, that thou hast thought. &c. that the english seruice set forth in the time of kinge Edwarde the vi. here in thys Realme of England, was and is good and godly, & Ca∣tholicke in all poynts, and that it alone ought here in this realme to be receiued, vsed, and practised, & none other.

* 1.43. Item, likewise thou hast thought. &c. that thou art not bound to come to thy Parishe Churche, & there to be pre∣sent, and heare Mattins, Masse, Euensong and other Di∣uine seruice, song or sayd there.

4. Item, thou hast thought. &c. that thou art not bound to come to procession to the Church vppon dayes and tymes appointed, and to go in the same with others of the parish singing or saying then the accustomed prayers vsed in the Church,* 1.5 nor to beare a taper or candel on Candelmas day nor take Ashes vppon Ashwednesday, nor beare Palmes vpon Palme sonday, not to creep to the crosse vpon daies accustomed, nor to receiue and kisse the paxe at Masse time nor to receiue holy water or holy bread, or to accept and al¦lowe the ceremonies and vsages of the Churche, after the maner and fashion as they are vsed in this realme.

5. Item, thou hast thought. &c. that thou art not bound at any time to confesse thy sinnes to any priest,* 1.6 and to receiue absolution at his hands, as Gods Minister, not to receiue at any time the blessed sacrament of the aultar, especiallye as it is vsed in this Church of England.

6. Item, thou hast thought &c. that in matters of religion and fayth, thou must follow and beleue thine own consci∣ence onely, and not to geue credite to the determination & common order of y^e Catholicke Church, & the sea of Rome nor to any member therof.

* 1.77. Item, thou hast thought. &c. that all thinges do chance of an absolute and precise meere necessitie, so that whether man do wel or euil, he could not chuse but do so, and y^t ther¦fore no man hath any free will at all.

* 1.88. Item, thou hast thought &c. that the fashiō and maner of Christening of infantes, is not agreable to Gods word and that none can be effectually Baptised, and thereby sa∣ued except he haue yeares of discretion to beleue himself, & so willingly accept or refuse Baptisme at his pleasure.

9. Item, thou hast thought &c. That Prayers to Saints or Prayers for the dead,* 1.9 are not auaylable and not allow∣able by Gods word, or profitable in any wise, and that the soules departed do straightwayes go to heauen or to hell, or els do sleep till the day of dome, so that there is no place of purgation at all.

10. Itē, thou hast thought &c. that all such as in the tyme of king Hen. the viii. or in time of Queene Mary of Eng∣land, haue bene burned as heretickes, were no here∣tickes at all: but faythfull and good Christian people, especially Barnes, Garret, Ierome, Frith, Rogers, Hoo∣per, Cardmaker, Latimer, Taylor, Bradford, Philpot, Cranmer,* 1.10 Ridley, and such like, and that thou diddest and doest allowe, like, and approue all their opinions, & doest mislike their condemnations and burninges.

11. Item, thou hast thought &c. that fasting and prayers vsed in this Churche of England, and the appoynting of dayes for fasting, and the abstayning from flesh vpon fa∣sting dayes, and especially in the tyme of Lent, is not lau∣dable or allowable by Gods word, but is hipocrisie & foo∣lishnes: and that men ought to haue libertie to eate at all tymes all kindes of meate.

12. Item,* 1.11 thou hast thought &c. that the sacrament of the aultar is an idoll, and to reserue and keepe it, or to honor it, is playne idolatry and superstition: and likewise of the masse and the eleuation of the sacrament.

13. Item, thou hast thought. &c. that thou or any els, con∣uented before an Ecclesiasticall iudge concerning matters of beliefe and fayth, art not,* 1.12 nor is bound to make answer at all, especially vnder an othe vpon a booke.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Other new ar∣ticles propoun∣ded to them by B. Boner.
• * 1.2

  Masse and 7. Sacramentes.
• * 1.3

  English seruice.
• * 1.4

  Comming to Church.
• * 1.5

  Ashes, Palmes, Creeping to the Crosse, Holy bread, Holy water. &c.
• * 1.6

  Confession.
• * 1.7

  Absolute neces∣sitye.
• * 1.8

  Christening of infantes.
• * 1.9

  Praying for the dead.
• * 1.10

  M••••tyrs that suffered. Fasting dayes.
• * 1.11

  Sacramēt of the Aultar▪
• * 1.12

  Taking of an oth.