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1. Henry VIII's reign2. Dissension among mendicant orders3. Persecution of Lollards4. Richard Hun5. Lollard martyrs6. Persecution in diocese of Lincoln7. Colet, Chaucer and Gower8. Prophecies preceeding Luther9. Martin Luther10. Adrian VI11. Final years of Luther12. Swiss Reformation13. German martyrs14. French martyrs15. Spanish martyrs16. Italian martyrs17. Merindol and Cabriers18. Angrogne
K. Henry. 8. A Table of the Frenche Martyrs.
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MarginaliaThe church ought to be ouerned only by the voice of the Lordes word.already receaued. Gal. 2. Christ callyng hym selfe the Good shepeheard, noteth them to bee his sheepe, whiche heare hys voyce, and not the voyce of others. Ioan. 11. And S Peter admonishyng þe Pastors of þe church, for warneth thē, to teach onely the word of God, without any sekyng of Marginalia1. Pet. 5.Lordship or dominion ouer the flocke. From the whiche moderation, how far the forme of the popes church doth differ, the tyranny which they vse, doth well declare. The Frier. In the old churche, priestes & ministers of the churche were wont to assemble together for decidyng of such thinges, as perteined to the gouernement and dire- ction of the churche: where as in Geneua no such thyng is vsed, as I can proue by this your owne Testament here in my handes, that you the better may vnderstād, what was then the true vse and maner of the churche. The martyr. MarginaliaChurches may be instituted without the Pope.What was the true order and maner, that the Apostles did institute in þe church of Christ, I would gladly heare, and also would desire you to consider the same, and whē you haue well considered it, yet shall you finde the in- stitution and regiment of the churche of Geneua, not to be without the publicke counsaile and aduisement of the Magistrates, elders, and Ministers of that church, with such care & diligence, as Paule & Silas tooke, in orderyng the churche of Thessalonica, Bitthæa, &c. Wherin nothing was done without the authoritie of Gods worde, as ap- peareth, Actes. 17. As likewise also in stablishyng the churche of Antioche, when the Apostles were together in counsaile for the same, there was no other law nor doc- trine folowed, but onely the woorde of God, as may ap- peare by the wordes of the councell: Quid tentatis Deum, iugum imponere. &c. And albeit the Ministers of the churche of Rome, & the Pope were not called to the insti- tution of the foresayd churche of Geneua: yet it foloweth not therfore, that there was no lawfull order obserued, either in stablishyng that churche, or any other. The Frier. You were first Baptised in the churche of the Pope, were ye not?MarginaliaBaptisme in the popes church, no necessarye cause to folow all the popes errours. The martyr. I graunt I was, but yet that nothyng hyndereth the grace of God, but hee may renouate, and call to further knowledge whom he pleaseth. A Counsailor. I would wishe you not to sticke to your owne wise- dome & opinion. Ye see the churches in Germanie, how they dissent one from an other. So that if you should not submit your iudgemēt, to the authoritie of generall Coū cels, euery day you should haue a new Christianitie. The Martyr. MarginaliaAgreement in the principall poyntes of doctrine in the churches reformed.To myne owne wisedome I do not sticke, nor euer will: but onely to that wisedome, whiche is in Christ Iesu, although the worlde doth accompt it foolishnes. And where ye say, that the churches of Germanie dissent among them selues one from an other: that is not so, for they accorde in one agrement altogether, touchyng the foundation and principall groundes of Christian fayth. Neither is there any such feare, that euery day should rise vp a new Christianitie, vnlesse the church be ballan- ced with authoritie of the councels, as you pretende. For so we read in the Prophet Dauid Psal. 33. and in other MarginaliaPsal. 33.places of scripture moe: That the coūsailes of the nations & people, shall bee ouerthrowne, and subuerted of the Lord. &c. Wherefore the best is, that we folow the counsaile of God and his word, and preferre the authoritie therof, be- fore all other counsailes and iudgementes of men. And MarginaliaParuus Christianismus potior populoso Papatu.thus doyng I for my part, had rather dwell and setle me selfe in this litle Christianitie, be it neuer so small, then in that populous Papalitie, bee it neuer so great in multitude. And thus was this godly Feurus commaunded agayne by the Deputie, to the Bishops prison, and from thence short- ly after, remoued to Lyons, not by the open and beaten way, but by secrete and priuye iourneys, lest perhappes he should be taken from them agayne, as he was before. MarginaliaTignacius, D. Fumosus, Sorbonistes.After he was come to Lyons, hee was brought before Tignacius the iudge, and a Doctour of Sorbone called Fu- mosus, who questioned with him touching sundry articlesof religion. But in conclusion, when they neither with argu- |
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mentes could conuict him, nor with promises allure him, nor with threatning terrours stirre him, either to betray the truth whiche hee knew, or to bewray them whom hee knew not, whiche tooke him away before from his kepers: they pro- ceded at last to the sentence, condemnyng him first to haue |
MarginaliaThe martyrdome of Richard Feurus.
his tongue cut out, and then to be burned. All whiche he re- ceaued willingly and quietly for rightuousnes sake, thus fini- shyng his martyrdome. Iul. vij. an. 1554. Ex Crisp. Pan- tal. & alijs. |
MarginaliaNicolas Chesne, Martyr.An In- quisitour Monke. | Nicolas du Ches- ne. At Gry by Bezanson. an. 1554. | The cause and occasion, why this Nicolas came in trouble, was for that he goyng from Lau sanna (where he abode for his cō science) to fet his sister and her husband, and certeine other of his frendes, as he went from Be- zāson,, toward the towne of Gry, did not homage to a certaine Crosse in the way: where a cer- teine monke, which was an In- quisitor, ouertoke him, & therby suspected him. He was guyded MarginaliaFalse dealing in a Papist.by the same monke, craftely dis- semblyng his religion, to a lod- ging in Gry: where the Iustice of the place comming in, inconti- nent tooke him. Nicolas seyng howe hee was by the monke his conductor, betrayed: O false tray tor (sayd he) hast thou thus be- trayed me? Then after examina tion, he was condemned. Beyng caryed to the place of martyr- dome, by the way he was promi- sed, that if he would knele down and heare a masse, he should bee let go as a passenger. But Nico- las armed with perseueraunce, sayd, hee would rather dye then committe such an acte: VVho callyng vppon the name of the Lorde, tooke his death pacient- ly. Ex Crisp. lib. 6. |
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