The History of the Reformation of the Church of England ... in Six Volumes, Volume 3, Issue 2

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W. Baynes, 1825 - Great Britain

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Page 37 - England, having our special trust and confidence in your most excellent wisdom, your princely goodness and fervent zeal to the promotion of God's honour and Christian religion, and also in your learning, far exceeding, in our judgment, the learning of all other kings and princes that we have read of, and doubting nothing but that the same shall still continue and daily increase in your Majesty...
Page 235 - States ; for which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Page 182 - ... intend (God willing) to proceed to the same ; whereof we shall ascertain your lordship so shortly as we may. This is also to advertise your lordship, that we have found a fair chalice of gold, and divers other parcels of plate, which the abbot had hid secretly from all such commissioners as have...
Page 27 - Truth as it becommeth true Subjects to do ; assuring you that those that do, shall be esteemed and set forth, and the contrary neglected and little set by : Trusting that now you know our Mind...
Page 5 - Scots' body, for he hath written to me so. With the next messenger your Grace's pleasure may be herein known. And with this I make an end, praying God to send you home shortly ; for without this no joy here can be accomplished — and for the same I pray. And now go to our Lady at Walsyngham, that I promised so long ago to see.
Page 68 - It is further ordained, that the foresaid preachers shall also declare the false and unjust handling of the Bishop of Rome, pretending to have jurisdiction to judge this cause at Rome ; which in the first hearing thereof, did both declare and confess in word and writing the justness thereof to be...
Page 88 - We therefore minding not only to provide for an unity and quietness, to be had and continued amongst our said subjects, but also greatly coveting and desiring them to be brought to a profession and knowledge of the mere verity and truth, and no longer to be seduced, nor blinded with any such superstitious and false doctrine of any earthly usurper of God's laws...
Page 187 - Question. Whether the apostles lacking a higher power, as in not having a Christian king among them, made bishops by that necessity, or by authority given by God ? Answers.
Page 193 - Canterbury, of contracts and communications of marriage between Derham and me, I shall here answer faithfully and truly, as I shall make answer at the last day of judgment, and by the promise that I made in baptism, and the sacrament I received upon All Hallows
Page 82 - To devise, with all the bishops of this realm, to set forth, preach, and cause to be preached to the king's people, that the said bishop of Rome, called the pope, is not in authority above the general council, but the general council is above him. and all bishops. And that he hath not, by God's law, any more jurisdiction within this realm, than an other foreign bishop (being of any other realm) hath.

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