A04468:1129
A defence of the Apology of the Church of England containing an answer to…A defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande conteininge an answeare to…
A defence of the Apology of the Church of England containing an answer to a certain book lately set forth by M. Harding, and entitled, A confutation of &c. By John Jewel Bishop of Salisbury.A defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande conteininge an answeare to a certaine booke lately set foorthe by M. Hardinge, and entituled, A confutation of &c. By Iohn Iewel Bishop of Sarisburie.
Imprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the sign of the Elephant, by Henry Wykes, Anno 1567. 27. OctobrisImprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the signe of the Elephante, by Henry VVykes, Anno 1567. 27. Octobris
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Again, for proof that Confession is necessary, we sate, that to remit and retain sins committed against God, as to bind and to loose, be judicial acts. And therefore by these words Christ ordained a Court,1 a Consistory, a seat of Judgement in the Church, and appointed the Apostles and their Successors to be Judges. And that this may appear not to be a fantasy of our own heads, S. Augustine so expoundeth those words of S. John in his Revelation: Et vidi ledes, &c. And I saw seats, and some sitting on them, and judgement was given. We must not think (•aithe he) this to be spoken of the last judgement, but we must understand the Seats of the Rulers, and the Rulers themselves, by whom now the Church is governed. And as for the Judgement given, it seemeth not to be taken for any other, then for that, whereof it was said, What things ye bind in Earth, they shall be bound also in Heaven: and what things ye loose on Earth, they shall be loosed also in Heaven. Sundry other Fathers have uttered in their writings the same Doctrine.2 Hilarius upon the sixteenth Chapter of Matthew saith, Beatus Coeli janitor, &c. Blessed is the Porter of Heaven, whose earthly judgement (that is to say, which is given here on Earth) is a forejudged authority in Heaven, that what things be bound,3 or loosed in Earth, they have the condition of the same Statute also in Heaven. S. Cyprian hath the like saying in an Epistle to Cornelius. Chrysostom saith, that Christ hath translated all judgement, which he received of the Father, unto the Apostles, and Priests. Gregory Nazianzene in an Oration to the Emperor and his Princes, saith to the Emperor, Ovis mea es, & nos habemus Tribunalia: 4Thou art my Sheep, and we have our seats of judgement. S. Gregory the Pope compareth the Sacrament of Penance with a court of Justice, in which causes be first examined and tried, and afterward Judged. That the same is to be done by the Priest. S. Bernard showeth: Who, as also the learned Father Hugo de S. Victore, be not afraid to say after S. Cyprian, Hilary, and Chrysostom, that the sentence of Peter remitting Sins, goeth before the sentence of Heaven. ⟨p. 148⟩