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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
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.
EDWARD the Sixth succeeding his Father the 28th of January 1546. the Reformation went on more regularly and swiftly,1 and Peter Martyr being by that Prince called out of Germany, and made Professor of Divinity at Oxon, Mr. Jewel was one of his most constant hearers; and by the help of Characters which he had invented for his own use, took all his Lectures almost as perfectly as he spoke them.
- 1November 1548.
About this time one Dr. Richard Smith, Predecessor to Peter Martyr in that Chair at Oxon, who was more a Sophister than a Divine, made an insult upon Peter Martyr, and interrupted him publicly and unexpectedly in his Lecture: the German was not to be baffled by a surprise, but extempore recollected his Lecture, and defended it with a great presence of mind, the two Parties in the Schools being just upon the point of a Tumult, the Protestants for the present Professor, and the Papists for the old one.
About this time one Dr. Richard Smith, Predecessor to Peter Martyr in that Chair at Oxon, who was more a Sophister than a Divine, made an insult upon Peter Martyr, and interrupted him publickly and unexpectedly in his Lecture: the German was not to be baffled by a surprize, but extempore recollected his Lecture, and defended it with a great presence of mind, the two Parties in the Schools being just upon the point of a Tumult, the Protestants for the present Professor, and the Papists for the old one.
Peter Martyr nettled with this affront, challenged Smith to dispute with him publicly, and appointed him a day: But Smith fearing to be called in question for this uproar,