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Certain letters, translated into English, being first written in Latin. Two, by the reverend…Certayne letters, translated into English, being first written in Latine. Two, by the reverend…
Certain letters, translated into English, being first written in Latin. Two, by the reverend and learned Mr. Francis Junius, divinity reader at Leiden in Holland. The other, by the exiled English Church, abiding for the present at Amsterdam in Holland. Together with the confession of faith prefixed: where upon the said letters were first writtenCertayne letters, translated into English, being first written in Latine. Two, by the reverend and learned Mr. Francis Iunius, divinitie reader at Leyden in Holland. The other, by the exiled English Church, abiding for the present at Amsterdam in Holland. Together with the confession of faith prefixed: where vpon the said letters were first written
Amsterdam : Printed, in the year. 1602Amsterdam : Printed, in the yeare. 1602
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.
I come to the accusation which ye use against the Church of England, as ye write. In this accusation beloved brethren, I do lovingly entreat you, that ye would not take it in ill part, if I do admonish ye of a few things which I think, I may of right do. First, what need is there, that ye should accuse them? Ye have given place, ye have (as we may so speak) passed over into another Court: Wherefore you have given place, no body desireth to know, or doth trouble you. If wrong be done you in England (that I may grant there was done: it belongeth not to me,1 to affirm or deny who have not known it) yet this injury hath ceased to prosecute you being departed from them. What compelleth you to be moved, and to take upon you, the burden ⟨p. 35⟩of accusation? Why are ye not quiet being without the danger of any hurt? Why do ye not rather pass over the injury that is past? Why do ye not bear it (if there be yet any) in silence and hope, rather then to move that which is in rest? It is plainly a Christian part, if thou bear it, and a prudent part, if thou abstain from stirring the evil that is well appeased, an impotent thing, if thou do contrariwise.2
I come to the accusation which yee use against the Church of England, as ye write. In this accusation beloued brethren, I doe louingly entreat you, that yee would not take it in ill part, if I doe admonish yee of a few things which I thinke, I may of right doe. First, what need is there, that yee should accuse them? Yee haue giuen place, yee haue (as wee may so speake) passed ouer into another Court: Wherefore you haue giuen place, no body desireth to know, or doth trouble you. If wrong be done you in England (that I may grant there was done: it belongeth not to me,1 to affirme or deny who haue not knowne it) yet this iniury hath ceased to prosequute you being departed from them. What compelleth you to be mooued, and to take vpon you, the burthen ⟨p. 35⟩of accusation? Why are yee not quiet being without the daunger of any hurt? Why doe yee not rather passe ouer the iniury that is past? Why doe yee not beare it (if there be yet any) in silence and hope, rather then to mooue that which is in rest? It is plainely a Christian part, if thou beare it, and a prudent part, if thou abstaine from stirring the evill that is well appeased, an impotent thing, if thou doe contrariwise.