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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 4
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5. Be it so, But what Law passed upon these Pests? Petrus Aloisius, when he had attempted the Villainy I have hinted at, was ever after in the Bosom of Paul the III. his Father, and his Joy. Diazius, after he had assassinated his Brother, was delivered ou• of the hands of the Law, by the Interposition of the Pope. Johannes Casa, Arch-Bishop of Benevento, is yet alive, and at Rome, and live, under the Eyes, and in the Sight of his Holiness. They have stain infinite numbers of our Brethren, only because they truly and purely believed in Jesus Christ; but then of that infinite number of Harlots, Sodomites and Adulterers, who have they at any time, I will not say slain, but excommunicated, or so much as touched? What are Fornications Adulteries, Pimping, Sodomy, Parricides, Incests and the like, no sins at Rome? or if they be, why are they so easily born, as it ⟨p. 53⟩they were not Sins, in the City of Rome, that Bulwark of Sanctity; and by the Pope, the Vicar of Christ, the Successor of St. Peter, that most holy Father.
5. Be it so, But what Law passed upon these Pests? Petrus Aloisius, when he had attempted the Villany I have hinted at, was ever after in the Bosom of Paul the III. his Father, and his Joy. Diazius, after he had assassinated his Brother, was delivered ou• of the hands of the Law, by the Interposition of the Pope. Johannes Casa, Arch-Bishop of Benevento, is yet alive, and at Rome, and live, under the Eyes, and in the Sight of his Holiness. They have stain infinite numbers of our Brethren, only because they truly and purely believed in Jesus Christ; but then of that infinite number of Harlots, Sodomites and Adulterers, who have they at any time, I will not say slain, but excommunicated, or so much as touched? What are Fornications Adulteries, Pimping, Sodomy, Parricides, Incests and the like, no sins at Rome? or if they be, why are they so easily born, as it ⟨p. 53⟩they were not Sins, in the City of Rome, that Bulwark of Sanctity; and by the Pope, the Vicar of Christ, the Successor of St. Peter, that most holy Father.