A04468:1265
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
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.
S. Hierome saith, 1Sanctum Virginum Propofitum, & Coelestis, Angelorumque familiae Gloriam quarundam non bene se agentium nomen infamat. Quibus apertè dicendum est, ut aut nubant, si se non possunt continere: aut contineant, si nolunt nubere: The name of certain Virgins not well behaving them selves, defameth, and shameth the Holy purpose of Virgins, and the Glory of the Heavenly, and Angelical Penally. Whom we must plainly charge, that either they Marry, if they cannot Contain: or that they Contain, if they will not Marry.
S. Hierome saithe, 1Sanctum Virginum Propofitum, & Coelestis, Angelorumque familiae Gloriam quarundam non bene se agentium nomen infamat. Quibus apertè dicendum est, vt aut nubant, si se non possunt continere: aut contineant, si nolunt nubere: The name of certaine Ʋirgins not wel behauinge them selues, defameth, and shameth the Holy pourpose of Virgins, and the Glorie of the Heauenly, and Angelical P•n•lie. Whome wee muste plainely charge, that either they Marrie, if they cannot Conteine: or that they Conteine, if they wil not Marrie.
- 1Hieronym. ad Virginem Demetriadem.
To like purpose S. Augustine saithe: 1Multas earum revocat à nubendo, non amor praeclati propositi, sed aperti dedecotis timor, veniens & ipse à Superbia: qua formidatur, hominibus magis displicere, quàm Deo. Nubere nolunt: & ideò non nubunt, quia impunè non possunt: quae meliùs nuberent, quàm urerentur, id est, quàm occulta flamma concupiscentiae in ipsa conscientia vastarentur: quas poenitet Professionis, & piget Confessionis: Many of them are kept from Marriage, not for love of their goodly purpose of Virginity, but for fear of open shame, which shame also proceedeth of Pride: for that they are more afraid to displease Man then God. They vvil not marry: and therefore they marry not, because they cannot without rebuke, Yet better were it for them to marry, then to burn, that is to say, then with the flame of their Concupiscence in their own Conscience to be wasted. They are sorry