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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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First therefore Tertullian in the disproof of Matrimony saith thus: 1Ecquid tibi videtur Stupri affine esse Matrimonium? Quoniā in illo deprehendo, quae stupro competunt: Doest not thou think, that Matrimony is like unto Fornication? Certainly I find the same things in the One, that I find in the Other. Farther he saith: Ergo, inquies, jam & Primas, id est, unas Nuptias destruis. Nec immeritò: Quoniam & ipsae ex eo constant, quod est stuprum: Then, thou wilt say, thou condemnest also the first Marriage. Yea verily, and not without cause: For both Matrimony, and Fornication consist both of one thing. Chrysostome saithe, Haec ipsa Coniunctio Maritalis malum est ante Deum,2 Non dico, Peccatum, sed malum: The very Copulation of Matrimony is an evil thing before God. I say not, It is Sin: but I say, It is an evil thing. And yet immediately after he saith, Si in Maritis, & Adulteris una est libido, quomodò potest fieri, ut una, eademque res pro dimidia part sit Justitia, pro dimidia autem sit Peccatum? Aut enim tota est Justitia, aut rota est Peccatum: Quia res Una est: If the Married man, and the Adulterer have one kind of pleasure, how can it be, that one and the self same thing, for the one half should be Righteousness, and for the other half should be Sin? Either it is all Sin, or all Righteousness: For the thing it self is One.
Firste therefore Tertullian in the disproufe of Matrimonie saithe thus: 1Ecquid tibi videtur Stupri affine esse Matrimonium? Quoniā in illo deprehendo, quae stupro competunt: Doest not thou thinke, that Matrimonie is like vnto Fornication? Certainely I finde the same thiinges in the One, that I finde in the Other. Farther he saithe: Ergo, inquies, iam & Primas, id est, vnas Nuptias destruis. Nec immeritò: Quoniam & ipsae ex eo constant, quod est stuprum: Then, thou wilte saie, thou condemnest also the firste Marriage. Yea verily, and not without cause: For bothe Matrimonie, and Fornication consiste bothe of one thinge. Chrysostome saithe, Haec ipsa Coniunctio Maritalis malum est ante Deum,2 Non dico, Peccatum, sed malum: The very Copulation of Matrimonie is an euil thinge before God. I saie not, It is Sinne: but I saie, It is an euil thinge. And yet immediately after he saithe, Si in Maritis, & Adulteris vna est libido, quomodò potest fieri, vt vna, eademque res pro dimidia parte sit Iustitia, pro dimidia autem sit Peccatum? Aut enim tota est Iustitia, aut rota est Peccatum: Quia res Vna est: If the Married man, and the Aduouterer haue one kinde of pleasme, how can it be, that one and the selfe same thinge, for the one halfe shoulde be Righteousnesse, and for the other halfe shoulde be Sinne? Either it is al Sinne, or al Righteousnesse: For the thinge it selfe is One.