Certaine frivolous obiections against the government of the Church of England answeared by John Jewel ...
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- Certaine frivolous obiections against the government of the Church of England answeared by John Jewel ...
- Author
- Jewel, John, 1522-1571.
- Publication
- London :: Printed by T. Cotes,
- 1641.
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- Church of England -- Government.
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"Certaine frivolous obiections against the government of the Church of England answeared by John Jewel ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A46877.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
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TO THE READER
Reader,
IF thy heart hath not made a Co∣venant with Ignorance, or not growne obstinate, through peevish willfullnesse, reade, peruse, and digest these ensue∣ing lines, dropt from the lear∣ned and judicious quill of this most pious and renow∣ned Author; whose well knowne worth and singu∣lar wisedome may challenge (if not, command) your faire acceptance: He appeares not, here, like Da∣vid, ruining the Philistime; but like our Sa∣viour, reproving the Pharisees; reserving his downeright blowes for stronger Enemies, and more discovering the folly of his Foe, then the smartnesse of his scourge; whose sudden pen (not guilty of any thing that is not pretious) carries with it the Aspect,
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rather, of an ingenious haste, than a studyed Con∣futation: Which, neverthelesse, upon mature de∣liberation, if it convince not the erronious fancy, and rectifies not the weake Judgement of unwilling ig∣norance, his Pearles are lost, till found by such as have the knowledge how to prize them.
Farewell.