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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 3
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4. AND yet (as I said) this cursed Crop has not sprung up in our Fields, where the Gospel is freely preached, and publicly received and settled. Those Plagues have had their Rise in the darkness and blindness of our Adversaries, and with them too they have increased and spread themselves where the ⟨p. 42⟩Truth is oppressed with Tyranny and Cruelty, nor are these things to be heard of any where but in Corners and Conventicles. Let them make a Trial, let them grant the Gospel its free Course, let the Truth of Jesus Christ freely shine and extend its Rays to all Parts without hindrance, and they shall soon see, that as the Darkness of the Night vanisheth at the approach of the Sun, so will these Shadows disappear before the Light of the Gospel. For as for us, we daily make it our business to repel and confute these Heresies, which we are falsely reported to nourish and encourage, whilst our adversaries sit still and mind nothing less.
4. AND yet (as I said) this cursed Crop has not sprung up in our Fields, where the Gospel is freely preached, and publickly received and setled. Those Plagues have had their Rise in the darkness and blindness of our Adversaries, and with them too they have encreased and spread themselves where the ⟨p. 42⟩Truth is oppressed with Tyranny and Cruelty, nor are these things to be heard of any where but in Corners and Conventicles. Let them make a Tryal, let them grant the Gospel its free Course, let the Truth of Jesus Christ freely shine and extend its Rays to all Parts without hindrance, and they shall soon see, that as the Darkness of the Night vanisheth at the approach of the Sun, so will these Shadows disappear before the Light of the Gospel. For as for us, we daily make it our business to repel and confute these Heresies, which we are falsly reported to nourish and encourage, whilst our adversaries sit still and mind nothing less.
5. AND whereas they say we are divided into divers Sects, and that some of us have taken the Names of Lutherans, and others of