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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. 6. Division. 1.Part 4 › The Apologie, Cap. 6. Diuision. 1.
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The Apology, Cap. 6. Division. 1.
The Apologie, Cap. 6. Diuision. 1.
But O immortal God, and will the Bishop of Rome accuse us of Treason? Will he teach the People to obey & follow their Magistrates? Or hath he any regard at all of the Majesty of a Prince? ⟨p. 395⟩Why doth he then, as none of the old Bishops of Rome ever did,1 suffer him self to be called of his flatterers, Lord of Lords, as though he would have all Kings and Princes, who, and what so ever they be, to be his underlings? Why doth he vaunt him self to be King of Kings, 2and to have Kingly Royalty over his Subjects? Why compelleth he all Emperors, and Princes to swear to him fealty, and true obedience? Why doth he boast, that the Emperors Majesty is a thousandfold inferior to him:3 & that for this reason specially, because God hath made two lights in Heaven: and because Heaven and Earth were created, not in two Beginnings, but in one? Why hath he, and his fellows (like Anabaptists and Libertines, to the end they might run on more licentiously and carelessly) shaken of the yoke, & exempted them selves from being under all Civil Power? Why hath he his Legates (as much to say, as most subtle spies) lying in wait in all Kings Courts, Councils, and Privy chambers? Why doth he, when he list, set the Christian Princes one against an other, and at his own pleasure trouble the whole world with debate and discord? Why doth he Excommunicate, and command to be taken as a Heathen and a Pagan, any Christian Prince, that renounceth his Authority? and why promiseth he his Indulgences and his Pardons largely to any, that will (what way so ever it be) kill any of his enemies? Doth he maintain Empires, and Kingdoms? Or doth he once desire, that common quiet should be provided for? You must pardon us, good Reader, though we seem to utter these things more bitterly and bitingly, then it becometh Divines to do. For both the shamefulness of the matter, and also the desire of rule in the Bishop of Rome is so exceeding, and outrageous, that it could not well be uttered with other words, or more mildly.