A04468:1316
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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M. Harding.
M. Hardinge.
Were it not, that the weight of these matters required an upright, and plain dealing, for civilities sake, I could be content sometimes to spare you, and where ye make manifest lies, to use a softer word, and term them fictions. But now if I tell you that you use your accustomed Figure Pseudologia, which is Lying in plain English, I trust you will bear with my plainness: amend your own fault, and consider the Power of Truth, that causeth me to be so bold with you. This I *am sure of, that neither Sozomenus, nor Gregory Nazienzene, nor Eusebius Li. 10. Cap. 5 as you have caused your books, both Latin and English, to be noted in the Margin, where ye mistake Eusebius for Rufinus:* Nor Nazianzene either in Monodia, as you note also in the Margin,3 nor in the funeral Oration that he made of his Father, hath any such saying, as ye report of them. For how could they say, that a Bishop serveth in his ministry never the worse, but rather the better, and with more hablenesse to do good, for that he is Married, the Scripture being so plain to the contrary? What, were ye they were either so ignorant, or so forgetful, or so much inclined to promote your Carnal Doctrine of Priests Marriages, as to say so, notwithstanding that S. Paul writeth to the Corinthians? Saith he not of them that be Married,4