A04468:1169
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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Only this we say, that Christ, when he sent his Disciples into the World, and gave them Authority, to Bind, and to Loose, made no manner mention of any such Hearing of Confessions, but Only bade them go, and Preach the Gospel.
Onely this wée saie, that Christe, when he sente his Disciples into the Worlde, and gaue them Authoritie, to Binde, and to Loose, made no manner mention of any sutche Hearinge of Confessions, but Onely bade them goe, and Preache the Gospel.
Hilary, Bernard, and Huge, as ye have alleged them, seem to say, that the Judgement of Man goeth before the Judgement of God. Other the like, or rather more vehement speeches ye might have found in Chrysostom:1 Coelum accipit Authoritatem ludicandi à Terra. Index seder in Terris: Dominus sequitur Seruum: Heaven taketh Authority of Judgement from the Earth. In Earth sitteth the Judge: The Lord followeth the Servant. These, and such other the like extraordinary speeches, with good Construction, may be comfortable to the afflicted mind. But, as one said sometime, they must be received with a Grain of Salt: For otherwise of them selves they be unsavoury. For S. Hierome saith, as I have alleged before,2 Apud Deum, non sententia Sacerdotis, sed reorum vita quaeritur: It is not the Sentence, or Absolution of the Priest, but the life of the Penitent, that is accepted before God. And againe, Tunc vera est sententia Praesidentis, quando Aeterni sequitur sententiam Judicis: Then the Judgement of the President, or Priest is true, (not when it goeth before, but) when it followeth the Judgement of the Everlasting Judge. And Gratian him selfe saithe,3 Non Sacerdotali Judicio, sed largitate Divinae Gratiae Peccator emundatur: The Sinner is made Clean, not by Judgement of the Priest, but by the abundance of the Heavenly Grace.