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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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10.1 MOS ES who was the Civil Magistrate, and Leader of the People, received from GOD the whole Body of their Religion, and the Order of their Sacred Rites, and delivered them to the People, and severely and sharply chastised Aaron their Bishop, for making the Golden Calf, and violating the Religion by Law established.2 And Joshua, tho he were no other than a Civil Magistrate, yet when he was first inaugurated and set over the People, he received express Commands concerning Religion and the Worship of God. David the King,3 when their Religion had been miserably disordered by Saul a wicked King, brought back the Ark of God, that is, restored Religion. And he was not only present as an Admonisher or Persuader of the Work, but he published Psalms and Hymns, disposed the Priests and Levites into Classes and Orders, and in a sort governed the Priests as a Priest.4 Solomon the King built a ⟨p. 119⟩Temple to the Lord, which his Father David had only designed in his thoughts; and after made an excellent Oration to the People concerning Religion and the Worship of God: And after this he removed Abiathar the High Priest,5 and substituted Sadoc in his place. And when after this the Temple was wretchedly ruined by the Vice and Negligence of the Priests,6 Hezekiah the King commanded it to be cleansed of its Rubbish and Dirt, the Lamps to be lighted, Incense to be offered, and the Sacred Rites to be performed according to the ancient Order: And caused the Brazen Serpent that was then irreligiously worshipped by the People, to be taken away and reduced to Dust.7 Jehoshaphat the King overthrew and took away all the High Places, and destroyed the Groves, by which he perceived the Worship of God was hindered, and the People by a Private Superstition, diverted from attending the Service of God in the public and common Temple, to which they were bound to go three times in the Year out of all Parts of his Kingdom.