Annals of the reformation and establishment of religion, and other various occurrences in the Church of England, during queen Elizabeth's happy reign: together with an appendix of original papers of state [&c.]. [on large paper, cm.24].

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Clarendon Press, 1824 - Great Britain
 

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Page 146 - God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.
Page 322 - I AB do utterly testify and declare in my conscience, that the Queen's Highness is the only supreme Governor of this realm, and of all other her Highness's dominions and countries, as well in all spiritual or ecclesiastical things or causes, as temporal; and that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state or potentate, hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority ecclesiastical or spiritual within this realm...
Page 323 - God speed the plough, written under in great letters, knowing that none hinder the plough more than rebels, who will neither go to the plough themselves, nor suffer other that would go unto it.
Page 91 - ... benefits that God hath blessed me withal, next the knowledge of Christ's true religion, I count this the greatest, that it pleased God to call me to be one poor minister in setting forward these excellent gifts of learning in this most excellent prince ; whose only example if the rest of our nobility would follow, then might England be for learning and wisdom in nobility, a spectacle to all the world beside. But see the mishap of men ; the best examples have never such force to move to any goodness,...
Page 371 - Wherefore, her Majesty would have all her loving subjects to understand, that, as long as they shall openly continue in the observation of her laws, and shall not wilfully and manifestly break them by their open actions, her Majesty's meaning is, not to have any of them molested by any inquisition or examination of their consciences in causes of religion; but will accept and entreat them as her good and obedient subjects.
Page 393 - Marie's time, and were chosen thereto for no other cause, or were then most esteemed for being hot and earnest in the other religion, and now remain unplaced and uncalled to credit, will think themselves discredited, and all their doings defaced, and study all the ways they can to maintain their former doings, and despise all this alteration.
Page 396 - And herein the universities must not be neglected ; and the hurt that the late visitation in queen Mary's time did must be amended. Likewise such colleges where children be instructed to come to the university, as Eaton and Winchester : that as well the encrease hereafter, as at this present time, be provided for.
Page 91 - Yea I believe, that beside her perfect readiness in Latin, Italian, French, and Spanish, she readeth here now at Windsor more Greek every day than some prebendary of this church doth read Latin in a whole week.
Page 237 - Mr Speaker, coming from the Queen's Majesty, declared her Highness' pleasure to be that, for her good will to the House, she did revoke her two former commandments, requiring the House no further at this time to proceed in the matter : which revocation was taken of all the House most joyfully with most hearty prayer and thanks for the same.
Page 278 - These new writers in matters of controversy, as " Mr. Calvin and others, agree not together, but are at dis" sension among themselves, and are together by the ears. " Therefore take heed of them. Yet read them : for in " opening the text they do pass many of the old fathers. " And they are excellently well learned in the tongues: " but in matters now in controversy follow them not, but " follow the old fathers and doctors, although Mr. Calvin

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