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A view of a seditious bull sent into England, from Pius Quintus Bishop of…A viewe of a seditious bul sent into Englande, from Pius Quintus Bishop of…
A view of a seditious bull sent into England, from Pius Quintus Bishop of Rome, anno. 1569. Taken by the reverend Father in God, John Jewel, late Bishop of Salisbury. Whereunto is added a short treatise of the holy Scriptures. Both which he delivered in divers sermons in his cathedral church of Salisbury, anno. 1570A viewe of a seditious bul sent into Englande, from Pius Quintus Bishop of Rome, anno. 1569. Taken by the reuerende Father in God, Iohn Iewel, late Bishop of Salisburie. Wherevnto is added a short treatise of the holy Scriptures. Both which he deliuered in diuers sermons in his cathedral church of Salisburie, anno. 1570
London: printed by R. Newberie & H. Bynneman, 1582
Title page typeset from the transcription.
A VIEW OF A SEDITIOUS BULL SENT INTO ENGLAND.A VIEVV OF A SEDITIOVS BVL SENT INTO 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.
It followeth:1 She hath abolished single life in Priests and Ministers. Is it not lawful for a Minister to be single? you are witnesses to the contrary, you know some unmarried, and again you know some that have wives, and are married. They which marry do well: God grant they do no worse which do not marry. The Apostle saith:2 Marriage is honourable among all, and the bed undefiled: but Whoremongers and Adulterers God will judge. All have not the gift of Chastity, save they to whom it is given: for every man hath his proper gift, 3one after this manner, and an other after that. The holy Patriarchs, the Prophets, and the Apostles of Christ, Peter, Paul, James, Philip, and others, had Wines: they lived in Marriage. Eusebius reporteth out of Clemens Alexandrinus, 4that Peter when he saw his wife lead away to execution, called her by her proper name, and said O wife, remember the Lord. Hierome saith,5 if he should name severally all the married Bishops, they ⟨p. 40⟩would be more in number than all the multitude of the Council of Ariminum. And in another place:6 quasinon hodie quoque plurimi Sacerdotes habeant Matrimonia: As though at this day many Priests had not their wives. We hear of the Bishops in Ethiopia, that they are at this day married. It is not long sithence Priests were married here in England, and in France and in Germany. Will these men be more holy than so many Bishops, and Saints, and Martyrs, and Patriarchs, and Prophets, and Apostles, which by their example have approved, and commended unto us this divine ordinance?
It followeth:1 Shee hath abolished single life in Priests and Ministers. Is it not lawfull for a Minister to be single? you are witnesses to the contrarie, you know some vnmarried, and againe you knowe some that haue wiues, and are married. They which marry do wel: God grant they do no worsse which doe not marry. The Apostle saith: