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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… › Conclusion: The Conclusion.
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4. NOR do we decline Concord and Peace with Men neither, but yet we will not continue in a State of War God, that we might have Peace with Men. The Name of Peace (saith St. Hilary) is Pleasant, but then Peace and Servitude are not the same thing; for (if according to their desire) the Name of Christ should be supperest, the Truth of the Gospel betrayed, their wicked Errors be dissembled, the Eyes of Christian Men be deluded, and a plain and apparent Conspiracy be carried on against God himself; this is not (saith that great Man) Peace, but the conditions of a most base Slavery. There is, saith Nazianzen, an unprofitable Peace, and there is an useful sort of Discord; for we must ⟨p. 143⟩pursue Peace with Conditions, as far as […] lawful, and in us lieth; and unless these Limitations may attend it, Christ himself came not to bring Peace into the World, but a Sword.
4. NOR do we decline Concord and Peace with Men neither, but yet we will not continue in a State of War God, that we might have Peace with Men. The Name of Peace (saith St. Hilary) is Pleasant, but then Peace and Servitude are not the same thing; for (if according to their desire) the Name of Christ should be supprest, the Truth of the Gospel betrayed, their wicked Errors be dissembled, the Eyes of Christian Men be deluded, and a plain and apparent Conspiracy be carried on against God himself; this is not (saith that great Man) Peace, but the conditions of a most base Slavery. There is, saith Nazianzen, an unprofitable Peace, and there is an useful sort of Discord; for we must ⟨p. 143⟩pursue Peace with Conditions, as far as 〈…〉 lawful, and in us lyeth; and unless these Limitations may attend it, Christ himself came not to bring Peace into the World, but a Sword.
5. WHEREFORE, if the Pope does indeed desire we should be reconciled to him, he ought first to reconcile himself to God; for as St. Cyprian saith, Schisms arise from hence, that the Head is not sought, and a Return is not made to the Fountain of the Holy Scriptures, and the Precepts of our Heavenly Master are not kept, for else it is not Peace (saith he) but War; neither can any man be united to the Church, who is separated from the Gospel. But these men, (with whom we are concerned) do use to make a base gain by the Name of Peace, for the Peace they seek, is only a Peace of idle Bellies;