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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
Letter: AN EPISTLE Written by the Reverend Father in God JOHN JEWEL, Lord Bishop of SARUM, TO S…
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
23.1 AND all these are bound to the Popes Interest, not only by their Error and Ignorance, but by the Tie and Religion of an Oath; so that if they should chance to think right, yet, unless they will be perjured, they must not speak what they think, and openly profess and own the Truth; so that they must of necessity be false to God or man, for they all swear in this very form:2 J. N. Bishop, from this hour forward will be faithful to St. Peter, and to the Holy Apostolic Church of Rome; to my Lord Pope N. and to his Successors canonically entering: I will neither be of Counsel nor in any Action whereby he may lose his Life or Limbs, or be taken Prisoner; that Counsel which he shall impart to me by Letters or by Messengers, I will discover to man to his Damage: I will be a Helper to defend the Papacy of the Church of Rome, and the Canons of the Holy Fathers, and to retain ⟨p. 174⟩them against all men. Of old, when the Priests of Apollo Pythius spoke plainly in favour of Philip King of Macedonia, there were some who facetiously said, that Apollo began [Greek or Hebrew], to Philippize. And now we see plainly, that nothing is decreed in the Council but by the Will and Consent of the Pope; why may we not say that the Oracles of the Councils do [Greek or Hebrew], Papize, that is, speak nothing but what the Pope please? Verres of old acted wisely, of whom it is reported, that being plainly guilty of many Crimes, he would not commit his Reputation and Fame to any but confiding men of his own Flock and Party. But yet the Pope is many degrees wiser, for he will not have any Judges but such as he knows will not determine any thing against his Will, because they have the same Interest he hath, and esteem all things by the relation they have to their Pleasures and Bellies; and yet if they would they could not do otherwise, because they are bound to him by an Oath too: indeed they place the Bible in the midst of the Council, because they would seem not to act any thing against the Prescription thereof, and yet they only look upon it at a good distance, but never read one word of it: in truth they bring with them a prejudicated Sentence, and never attend what Christ saith, or determine any thing, but as it best pleaseth them.
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