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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 5
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12. AND therefore how afflictive soever our departure from them may seem to them, yet they ought at the same time to consider how just the cause of it was; for if they say in general, it is not lawful to leave that Society in which thou wert educated; this were in our Persons to condemn the Prophets, Apostles, and Christ himself; for why is it ⟨p. 101⟩not as reasonable to blame Lot for leaving Sodom, Abraham for leaving Chaldea, the Hebrews for leaving Egypt, Christ for leaving the Jews, and St. Paul for leaving the Pharisees? For except it be granted that there may be a just cause of departure, we can see no cause why these may not in the same manner as we are, be accused of Faction and Sedition. But if we are to be thought Heretics because we will not obey all their unjust commands, what are they? Who or what are they to be thought, who have contemned the Commands of Christ and his Apostles? If we are Schismatics who have forsaken them, by what name shall we call them who have forsaken the Greeks, from whom they first received the Christian Faith, the Primitive Church, Christ, and the Apostles, who were their Spiritual Parents? For the Greek Church who at this day profess the Religion and Name of Christ:1 although they have in many things contaminated it, yet they still retain a great part of those things which they received from the Apostles. And so they have no private Masses, no maimed Sacraments, no Purgatory nor Indulgences: And as to the Papal Titles and magnificent Names, they have this esteem of them, that whoever calls himself the universal Bishop, and the Head of the whole Church, is a proud Man, and injurious to all the other Bishops who are his Brethren, nor will they scruple on this single account to call him Heretic.
12. AND therefore how afflictive soever our departure from them may seem to them, yet they ought at the same time to consider how just the cause of it was; for if they say in general, it is not lawful to leave that Society in which thou wert educated; this were in our Persons to condemn the Prophets, Apostles, and Christ himself; for why is it ⟨p. 101⟩not as reasonable to blame Lot for leaving Sodom, Abraham for leaving Chaldea, the Hebrews for leaving Egypt, Christ for leaving the Jews, and St. Paul for leaving the Pharisees? For except it be granted that there may be a just cause of departure, we can see no cause why these may not in the same manner as we are, be accused of Faction and Sedition. But if we are to be thought Hereticks because we will not obey all their unjust commands, what are they? Who or what are they to be thought, who have contemned the Commands of Christ and his Apostles? If we are Schifmaticks who have forsaken them, by what name shall we call them who have forsaken the Greeks, from whom they first received the Christian Faith, the Primitive Church, Christ, and the Apostles, who were their Spiritual Parents? For the Greek Church who at this day profess the Religion and Name of Christ: