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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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13. AND now seeing that Princes have employed their Authority upon Bishops, received commands from God concerning Religion, brought back the Ark of God, composed Sacred Hymns and Psalms, governed the Priests, made public Discourses concerning the Worship of God, purged the Temple, demolished High Places, burnt Idolatrous Groves, and have admonished the Priests concerning their Office, and given them Laws of Living, have slain wicked Prophets, deposed Bishops, called Councils of Bishops, and sate with them, and taught them what they should do, have punished Heretical Bishops, have taken cognizance of Religion, ⟨p. 123⟩subscribed Councils, and given Sentence in them, and done all this, not by the command of another, but in their own Names, and that rightly and piously; shall we say after all this, that the care of Religion belongs not to them? Or that a Christian Prince, who is pleased to concern himself in these things acts ill, immodestly and wickedly? In all these Affairs the most Ancient and most Christian Kings and Emperors have intermeddled, and yet were never accused of Impiety or Immodesty for so doing; and will any pretend to find either more Catholic Princes, or more Illustrious Examples.
13. AND now seeing that Princes have imployed their Authority upon Bishops, received commands from God concerning Religion, brought back the Ark of God, composed Sacred Hymns and Psalms, governed the Priests, made publick Discourses concerning the Worship of God, purged the Temple, demolished High Places, burnt Idolatrous Groves, and have admonished the Priests concerning their Office, and given them Laws of Living, have slain wicked Prophets, deposed Bishops, called Councils of Bishops, and sate with them, and taught them what they should do, have punished Heretical Bishops, have taken cognizance of Religion, ⟨p. 123⟩subscribed Councils, and given Sentence in them, and done all this, not by the command of another, but in their own Names, and that rightly and piously; shall we say after all this, that the care of Religion belongs not to them? Or that a Christian Prince, who is pleased to concern himself in these things acts ill, immodestly and wickedly? In all these Affairs the most Ancient and most Christian Kings and Emperors have intermeddled, and yet were never accused of Impiety or Immodesty for so doing; and will any pretend to find either more Catholick Princes, or more Illustrious Examples.