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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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8. To all these things they commonly add and amplify it too with all manner of Reproaches, that we are a turbulent sort of Men that we snatch the Sceptres out of the Hands o• Princes, arm the People against them, subvert their Judicatories and Courts of Justice, and endeavour to reduce Monarchies to popular States or Common-wealths, dissolve the Laws and retrench the Revenues of Princes, and tur• all things topsy turvy, and that in short, if w• had our Wills, there should nothing continu• ⟨p. 55⟩safe in the Governments of the World. O how often have they by such Pretences incensed the Minds of Princes against us, that so they might crush the Reformation in its first springing up, and Princes might be possessed with an Aversion for our Religion, before they knew what it was? and that Magistrates might entertain an Opinion, that when ever they saw one of us, they saw one of their Enemies?
8. To all these things they commonly add and amplifie it too with all manner of Reproaches, that we are a turbulent sort of Men that we snatch the Scepters out of the Hands o• Princes, arm the People against them, subver their Judicatories and Courts of Justice, and endeavour to reduce Monarchies to popular States or Common-wealths, dissolve the Laws and retrench the Revenues of Princes, and tur• all things topsie turvy, and that in short, if w• had our Wills, there should nothing continu• ⟨p. 55⟩safe in the Governments of the World. O how often have they by such Pretences incensed the Minds of Princes against us, that so they might crush the Reformation in its first springing up, and Princes might be possess'd with an Aversion for our Religion, before they knew what it was? and that Magistrates might entertain an Opinion, that when ever they saw one of us, they saw one of their Enemies?