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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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9. IT would have been a great Affliction to us, to be thus hatefully accused of so great a Crime as Treason, but that we know that Christ himself and his Apostles, and an infinite number of other pious Christians have been made the Objects of public Envy on the same Pretence; for Christ, tho he commanded to render unto Caesar the things that were Caesars,1 yet he was accused of Sedition, in that he was said to design a Change in the Government, and to affect and intend a Kingdom; and so they loudly charged him before the Tribunal of Pilate, 2If thou lettest this man go (say they) thou art no Friend to Caesar. And the Apostles, although they constantly taught that we ought to obey Magistrates, and that every Soul should be subject to the Higher Powers, 3and that not only for fear of Wrath and Punishment, but also for Conscience sake; yet they were said to stir up the People, and to incite the Multitude to Rebellion.4 Haman brought the Jews into the disfavour of Assucrus, by representing them as a stubborn and rebellious People, that despised the Edicts and Laws of Princes. The wicked King Ahab, charged Elijah the ⟨p. 56⟩Prophet of God that he troubled Israel. Amasias the Priest of Bethel, accused Amos the Prophet, of a Conspiracy before Jeroboam. And behold, 5saith he, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the House of Israel, and the Land is not able to bear all his Words. In short, Tertullian saith this was the general Accusation against all Christians in his times, that they were Traitors, Plotters, and the common Enemies of Mankind. And therefore if Truth, which is still the same, suffers the same Reproaches as it did formerly, it may indeed seem troublesome and uneasy, but it is not new or unusual.
9. IT would have been a great Affliction to us, to be thus hatefully accused of so great a Crime as Treason, but that we know that Christ himself and his Apostles, and an infinite number of other pious Christians have been made the Objects of publick Envy on the same Pretence; for Christ, tho he commanded to render unto Caesar the things that were Caesars,