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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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12. NOW if we make it appear, and that not obscurely and craftily, but bona fide, before God, truly, ingeniously, clearly and perspicuously, that we teach the most holy Gospel of God, and that the ancient Fathers, and the whole Primitive Church are on our side, and that we have not without just cause left them, and returned to the Apostles and the ancient Catholic Fathers; and if they, who so much detest our Doctrine, and pride themselves in the name of Catholics, shall apparently see, that all those Pretences of Antiquity, of which they so immoderately ⟨p. 14⟩glory, belong not to them, and that there is more strength in our Cause than they thought there was; then we hope that none of them will be so careless of his Salvation, but he will at some time or other bethink himself which side he ought to join with. Certainly, if a man be not of an hard and obdurate Heart, and resolved not to hear, he can never repent the having once considered our Defence, and the attending what is said by us, and whether it be agreeable or no to the Christian Religion.
12. NOW if we make it appear, and that not obseurely and craftily, but bona fide, before God, truly, ingeniously, clearly and perspicuously, that we teach the most holy Gospel of God, and that the antient Fathers, and the whole Primitive Church are on our side, and that we have not without just cause left them, and return'd to the Apostles and the antient Catholick Fathers; and if they, who so much detest our Doctrine, and pride themselves in the name of Catholicks, shall apparently see, that all those Pretences of Antiquity, of which they so immoderately ⟨p. 14⟩glory, belong not to them, and that there is more strength in our Cause than they thought there was; then we hope that none of them will be so careless of his Salvation, but he will at some time or other bethink himself which side he ought to joyn with. Certainly, if a man be not of an hard and obdurate Heart, and resolved not to hear, he can never repent the having once considered our Defence, and the attending what is said by us, and whether it be agreeable or no to the Christian Religion.