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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…
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for Princes are the nursing Fathers of the Church, and the Keepers of both Tables; nor was there any one Cause why God settled Governments in the World greater than this, viz. That there might be some to preserve Religion and Pi•ty in safety.
for Princes are the nursing Fathers of the Church, and the Keepers of both Tables; nor was there any one Cause why God setled Governments in the World greater than this, viz. That there might be some to preserve Religion and Pi•ty in safety.
37. AND therefore many Princes in this Age do sin the more grievously, who being called Christians, sit idly and enjoy their Pleasures, and tamely suffer wicked Rites of Worship, and the Contempt of the Deity; and turn over all this Care to the Bishops, and those very Bishops whom they know to have all Religion in the utmost degree of ⟨p. 195⟩scorn; as if the Care of the Churches and People of God did not at all belong to them, or as if they were mere Herds-men of Cattle, and to take care of Bodies, but not in the least of mens Souls; they remember not in the mean time, that they are the Ministers of God, and chosen for that purpose, that they might serve the Lord. Hezekiah the King would not go up to his own House until he saw the Temple of God throughly purged. And David said, I will not give Sleep to my Eyes, no Slumber to my Eye-lids, until I find out a Place for the Lord, a Tabernacle for the God of Jacob. O that Christian Princes would hear the Voice of their Lord and Sovereign.1 Be wise now therefore, O ye Kings; be learned, O ye that are Judges of the Earth. I have said (saith he) that ye are Gods, that is, men divinely chosen, who should take care of my Name. Think thou whom I have raised from the Dunghill, and placed in the highest degree of Dignity and Honour, and set over my People, when thou so studiously buildst and adornest thy own House, how thou canst despise and neglect my House; or how thou canst every day petition me, that I would confirm thy Kingdom to thee and thy Posterity. What, that my Name may for ever be treated unworthily? that the Gospel of my Christ may be extinguished? that my Servants may, for my Sake, he butchered before thy Eyes, and in thy View? that this Tyranny may rage the longer? that my People may be imposed upon for ever? that the