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A defence of the Apology of the Church of England containing an answer to…A defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande conteininge an answeare to…
A defence of the Apology of the Church of England containing an answer to a certain book lately set forth by M. Harding, and entitled, A confutation of &c. By John Jewel Bishop of Salisbury.A defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande conteininge an answeare to a certaine booke lately set foorthe by M. Hardinge, and entituled, A confutation of &c. By Iohn Iewel Bishop of Sarisburie.
Imprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the sign of the Elephant, by Henry Wykes, Anno 1567. 27. OctobrisImprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the signe of the Elephante, by Henry VVykes, Anno 1567. 27. Octobris
Part 4 › The Apology, Cap. 3. Division. 1. &. 2.Part 4 › The Apologie, Cap. 3. Diuision. 1. &. 2.
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The Apology, Cap. 3. Division. 1. &. 2.
The Apologie, Cap. 3. Diuision. 1. &. 2.
They have killed infinite numbers of our Brethren, only because they believed truly, & sincerely in Jesus Christ. But of that great and foul number of Harlots, Fornicators, Adulterers, what one have they at any time (I say not, put to death) but either Excommunicate, or once attached? Why? Voluptuousness, Adultery, Ribaldry, Whoredom, Murdering of kin, Incest, and others more abominable parts, are not these counted Sin at Rome? Or, if they be Sin ought Christs vicar, Peters Successor, the most holy Father, so lightly, & stilly to bear them, as though they were no Sin, & that in the City of Rome, & in that Principal Tower of all Holiness? O holy Scribes and Pharisees, which never knew this kind of Holiness. O what a Holiness, what a Catholic Faith is this? Peter did not thus teach at Rome: Paul did not so live at Rome: they did not practise brothelrie, as these do openly: they made not a yearly revenue and profit of Harlots: they suffered no common Adulterers, and wicked Murderers to go unpunished. They did not receive them into their familiarity, into their Council, into their household, nor yet into the company of Christen men. These men ought not therefore so unreasonably to triumph against our living. It had been more wisdom for them, either first, to have proved good their own life before the world, or at the least, to have cloaked it a little more cunningly. For we do use still the Old and Ancient Laws, & (as much as men may do, in the manners used at these days, all things being so wholly corrupt) we diligently, and earnestly put in execution the Ecclesiastical Discipline: we have not common Brothel houses of Strumpets, nor yet flocks of Concubines, nor Herds of Harlot haunters: neither do we prefer Adultery before Matrimony: neither do we exercise beastly sensuality: neither do we gather ordinary rents and stipends of Stews: nor do we suffer Incest, and abominable naughtiness, nor yet such Aloisians, Casians, and Diazians to escape unpunished. For if these things would have pleased us, we needed not to have departed from these mens ⟨p. 385⟩