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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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the whole Form of this Religion and Doctrine, is to this day controverted and uncertain amongst them who first gave being and entertainment to it; for they scarce ever agree, except it be as the Pharisees and Sadducees, or as Herod and Pilate did of old, against Christ.
the whole Form of this Religion and Doctrine, is to this day controverted and uncertain amongst them who first gave being and entertainment to it; for they scarce ever agree, except it be as the Pharisees and Saducees, or as Herod and Pilate did of old, against Christ.
7. LET them go then, and put an end to their own Quarrels, Unity and Agreement do excellently become Religion; yet it is no certain and proper sign of the Church of God; for there was a wonderful Agreement amongst them who worshipped the Golden Calf, and amongst those, who with one Voice cried out against our Saviour, Crucify him, crucify him. Nor are we presently to determine, because there was some Dissentions in the Church of Corinth; or because St. Paul differed with St. Peter, or Barnabas with St. Paul; or that the Christians in the Infancy of the Church, disagreed amongst themselves concerning some things, that therefore there was no Church of God amongst them. Those very men whom they contemptuously call Lutherans and Zwinglians, are both of them Christians, and Friends each to others, and Brethren; they do not disagree about the ⟨p. 46⟩Principles and Foundations of our Religion, concerning God or Christ, or the Holy Ghost, not concerning the manner of our Justification, or of eternal Life; it is only about one Point, and that of no great consequence; nor do we despair, or rather, we do not so much as doubt, but that in a small time an Agreement will be made betwixt them; and tho there are some who now think otherwise than they ought, we hope that laying aside all Passions and Factious Names and Reproaches, God will reveal to them what they now know not, and having better considered and searched into the thing, as it happened heretofore in the Council of Calcedon, all the Causes and Fibres of Dissentions shall be plucked up by the Roots, and buried in eternal Oblivion. Amen.