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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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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,1 and that their Decree was perfectly just, by which Christ was adjudged worthy of Death. It is a wonder in the mean time these men cannot defend themselves, and propagate their own Cause, except at the same time they undertake the Patronage of Annas and Caiaphas. For what Council will these men ever acknowledge to be vicious and erroneous, who say that was a lawful and good Council, in which the Son of God was most ignominiously condemned to the Death of the Cross• and yet considering what almost all their Councils have been, it was necessary for them thus to pronounce of ⟨p. 112⟩the Council held by Annas and Caiaphas. But are they ever like to be the Men which are to reform the Church, who are at once the Judges and the Criminals? Will they ever lessen their Pride and Ambition? Will they depose themselves, and give Judgment against themselves, that the Bishops shall not be unlearned, slow Bellies, multiply Benefices, carry themselves like Princes, nor bear Arms? Will the Popes beloved Sons the Abbots decree, that that Monk who doth not earn his Bread with the Sweat of his Brows, is a Thief? or that it is not Lawful for them to live in the City, or in a Crowd of Men, or of that which belongs to another; that a Monk ought to lye upon the bare Ground, to live hardly with Herbs and Pease; to study hard, dispute, pray and labour to prepare himself for the Service of the Church? It is as reasonable to expect that the Scribes and Pharisees will reform the Temple, and of a Den of Thieves, will again make it become a House of Prayer.
6. P•trus a Soto and his Voucher Hosius, make no s•ruple to affirm, that that very Council which condemn'd our Saviour to death, had then the Spirit of Prophesie, 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,