A04468:1369
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 hereto replieth: They, that have Vowed, have lost this liberty: and by S. Ambrose, and S. Augustine's Judgement may not Marry. Hereof I have partly spoken before: & partly shall have occasion offered to say more hereafter. In the mean season we are taught here by M. Harding, to take S. Pauls Words by the top, and to turn them quite backwards: and thus to frame a ⟨p. 184⟩New Rule of Life,1 and to say contrary to S. Paule, Melius est Uri, quàm Nubere: It is better, to burn in Concupiscence, then to Marry.
M. Hardinge hereto replieth: They, that haue Vowed, haue loste this libertie: and by S. Ambrose, and S. Augustines Iudgemente maye not Marrie. Hereof I haue partely spoken before: & partely shal haue occasion offered to saie more hereafter. In the meane season wée are taught here by M. Hardinge, to take S. Paules Woordes by the toppe, and to turne them quite backwardes: and thus to frame a ⟨p. 184⟩Newe Rule of Life,1 and to saie contrarie to S. Paule, Melius est Vri, quàm Nubere: It is better, to burne in Concupiscence, then to Marrie.
- 1The Apostles Doctrine.
Yet S. Augustine saith even of them, that have Vowed, as it is before alleged, Quae Nubere volunt,1 & ideò non Nubunt, quia impunè non possant, Meliùs Nuberent. quàm urerentur, id est, quàm occulta flamma Concupiscentiae in ipsa Conscientia vastarentur: They that have a mind to Marry, and yet Marry not, because they cannot Marry without reproach, Better were it for them to Marry, then to Burn, that is to say, then with the privy flame of their Concupiscence to be wasted in their Conscience.