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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 6
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or that the Pope is that Light which came into the World, which Christ spake of himself only, and that he that doth Evil hateth that Light, and fleeth from it; 1or that all other Bishops have received of his Fullness? Or lastly, what if they do, without dissimulation or obscurity, clearly and manifestly determine contrary to the Word of God? Shall whatever they say, nevertheless presently become Gospel? Shall such as these be the Army God? Will Christ be present with such Men? Will the Spirit of God move upon their Tongues,2 or may they say truly, it seems good to the Holy Ghost and to us?
or that the Pope is that Light which came into the World, which Christ spake of himself only, and that he that doth Evil hateth that Light, and fleeth from it; 1or that all other Bishops have received of his Fulness? Or lastly, what if they do, without dissimulation or obscurity, clearly and manifestly determine contrary to the Word of God? Shall whatever they say, nevertheless presently become Gospel? Shall such as these be the Army God? Will Christ be present with such Men? Will the Spirit of God move upon their Tongues,2 or may they say truly, it seems good to the Holy Ghost and to us?
- 1Cornelius Episcopus in Concilio Tridentino. Durandus.
- 2Acts 15. 28.
6. P•trus a Soto and his Voucher Hosius, make no scruple to affirm, that that very Council which condemned our Saviour to death, had then the Spirit of Prophecy, and Truth, and the Holy Ghost with them, and that what those High Priests said was not false or vain, when they said, […] have a Law, and by that Law be ought to die; that in this (according to Hosius) they gave a true Judgment,