A04458:91
An apology, or answer in defence of the Church of England concerning the state…An apologie, or aunswer in defence of the Church of England concerninge the state…
An apology, or answer in defence of the Church of England concerning the state of religion used in the same. Newly set forth in Latin, and now translated into English.An apologie, or aunswer in defence of the Church of England concerninge the state of religion vsed in the same. Newly set forth in Latin, and nowe translated into Englishe.
Londini: printed by Reginald Wolf, 1562
The Apology of the Church of England.The Apologie of the Churche of Englande.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1If we be appeached as guilty of treason which do honour our Princes: which yield over unto them all things, so far as it is lawful by gods word: which do pray for them: what I beseech you are these, that have not only done all these things that we spake of before, but also by one assent have allowed them as things right nobly done? Trow ye then that either this is the way to teach the people to reverence the Magistrate: or that they without shame may accuse us for seditious persons, for disturbers of the common peace, and despisers of princely Majesty? For we neither shake of the yoke of our obedience, nor remove kingdoms from one to an other, nor take upon us either to make kings or to put them down: nor translate Empires, nor poison our kings, nor offer them our feet to kiss, nor triumph over them, setting our feet on their necks: this rather is our profession, this is our doctrine: that every ⟨p. 30⟩soul whatsoever it be;2 whether it be monk, whether it be Evangelist, whether it be Prophet, whether it be Apostle, must of necessity be subject unto Kings and Magistrates: yea and the Pope himself, onles he will seem to be greater then the Evangelists, then the Prophets, then the Apostles, must both acknowledge the Emperor to be his Lord, the which thing the ancient Bishops of Rome,3 when the world was in better estate, did never refuse, and also call him by the name of Lord.
1If we be appeached as gilty of treyson whiche doe honour our Princes: which yelde ouer vnto them all things, so far as it is lawful by gods word: whiche do pray for them: what I beseche you ar these, that haue not only done all these things that we spake of before, but also by one assent haue allowed them as thinges right nobly done? Trow ye then that either this is ye way to teache the people to reuerence the Maiestrate: or that they wtout shame may accuse vs for seditious persons, for disturbers of the common peace, and despisers of princely Maiesty? For we neither shake of ye yoke of oure obedience, nor remoue kingdomes from one to an other, nor take vpon vs either to make kings or to put them down: nor translate Empires, nor poison our kings, nor offer them our feete to kisse, nor triumphe ouer them, setting our feete on their necks: this rather is our profession, this is our doctrine: that eueri