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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 2
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20.1 WE have no Mediator and Intercessor, by whom we approach to God the Father, but Jesus Christ, in whose name only all things are obtained. But that which we see done in their Churches, is base and heathenish; not only because they have set up an infinite number of Intercessors, without any Authority of the Word of God; so that as Jeremiah saith,2 According to the number of thy Cities, so are thy Gods; so that miserable men know not which to apply themselves to, and tho they are innumerable, yet they have ascribed to each of them their Office, and what was to be obtained, had, and received from each of them; but also because they have not only impiously, but impudently solicited the Virgin Mary, that she would remember she is a Mother, that she would be pleased to command her Son, and that she would make use of the Authority she hath over him.
- 1Mediators and Intercessors.
- 2Jerem. 2. 28. 11. 13.
21.1 WE say that Man is born, and does live in Sin, and that no man can truly say his Heart is clean; that the most holy Man is an unprofitable Servant: that the Law of God is perfect, and requires of us a full and perfect Obedience, and that we cannot in any way keep it perfectly in this Life; and that there is no Mortal who can be justified in the sight of God by his own Deserts; and therefore our only Refuge and Safety, is in the Mercy of God the Father by Jesus Christ, and in the assuring our selves that he is the Propitiation for our Sins,2 by whose Blood, all our Stains are washed out; that he has pacified things by the Blood of his Cross; that He, by that only Sacrifice which he once offered upon the Cross, hath perfected all things; and therefore when he breathed out his Soul, said IT IS FINISHED;