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The apology of the Church of England, and an epistle to one Seignior Scipio…
The apology of the Church of England, and an epistle to one Seignior Scipio a Venetian gentleman, concerning the Council of Trent written both in Latin / by ... John Jewel ... ; made English by a person of quality ; to which is added, The life of the said bishop ; collected and written by the same hand.
London: printed by T. H. for Richard Chiswell, 1685
THE APOLOGY OF THE Church of ENGLAND. Written by the very Learned a… › Chapter 1
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8. BUT we perhaps may seem not to need any Defence, so many thousands of our Brethren in the last twenty years having born testimony to the Truth, amidst the most exquisite Tortures; and Princes, in endeavouring to put a stop to the Progress of the Gospel, and to that purpose using several Methods, having yet in the end been able to effect nothing; and the whole World now beginning to open their Eyes, and to see the Light, and therefore it may seem (as I said) that enough hath been spoken, and that our Case is sufficiently defended, the thing speaking for it self; for if the Popes themselves would, or indeed, if they could consider with themselves the Beginning and Progress of ⟨p. 11⟩our Religion; how theirs without any Resistance, without any humane Force hath fallen; and in the interim, ours hath increased, and by degrees been propagated into all Countries, and hath been entertained in the Courts of Kings, and the Palaces of Princes, even whilst it was opposed from the beginning by Emperors, by Kings, by Popes, and almost by all others; these things (I say) are clear Indications that God himself sights for us, and doth from Heaven deride and scorn their Projects and Endeavours, and that the Power of Truth is so great, that no humane Force, nor the very Gates of Hell shall ever be able to prevail against it; for so many free Cities, so many Princes cannot be supposed mad, as at this day have fallen from the See of Rome, and chosen rather to join themselves to the Gospel.
8. BUT we perhaps may seem not to need any Defence, so many thousands of our Brethren in the last twenty years having born testimony to the Truth, amidst the most exquisite Tortures; and Princes, in endeavouring to put a stop to the Progress of the Gospel, and to that purpose using several Methods, having yet in the end been able to effect nothing; and the whole World now beginning to open their Eyes, and to see the Light, and therefore it may seem (as I said) that enough hath been spoken, and that our Case is sufficiently defended, the thing speaking for it self; for if the Popes themselves would, or indeed, if they could consider with themselves the Beginning and Progress of ⟨p. 11⟩our Religion; how theirs without any Resistance, without any humane Force hath fallen; and in the interim, ours hath increased, and by degrees been propagated into all Countries, and hath been entertained in the Courts of Kings, and the Palaces of Princes, even whilst it was opposed from the beginning by Emperors, by Kings, by Popes, and almost by all others; these things (I say) are clear Indications that God himself sights for us, and doth from Heaven deride and scorn their Projects and Endeavours, and that the Power of Truth is so great, that no humane Force, nor the very Gates of Hell shall ever be able to prevail against it; for so many free Cities, so many Princes cannot be supposed mad, as at this day have fallen from the See of Rome, and chosen rather to joyn themselves to the Gospel.