A04468:1373
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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Chrysostom saithe, 1Cur non ait, Oportet Episcopum Angelum esse, nulli humanae perturbationi vitióue subiectum? Ne Ecclesiae negotia fructusque perirent. Idcircò moderatam Virtutem proposuit: non supremam illam, atque Coelestem: Why saith not S. Paul, A Bishop ought to be an Angel, subject neither to any worldly affection, nor to any Vice? Lest the affairs, and fruits of the Church should perish, (being without a Governor). Therefore he required of Bishops a moderate, and a reasonable kind of Virtue (willing them to be Husbands of One Wife) and not that other Virtue, so High, and so Heavenly: (that is to say, utterly to live unmarried.) Again he saith, 2Idcircò ait, Unius Uxoris Virum: Ne nimis in angustum rem eam concluderet, si exactissimam Virtutem experisset: idcireò moderatiori admonition maluit uti: ne ex desperatione perfectae illius inueniendae Virtutis, Ecclesiae sine Episcopis essent: Therefore S. Paul saith, Let a Bishop be the Husband of One Wife: Lest he should shut up the matter into too great a strait, if he had required that most perfect purity: therefore he would rather use a reasonable moderation, or mean (that a Bishop should be the Husband of One Wife): Lest of despair of finding that excellency of Virtue (to live Unmarried) the Churches should be left without Bishops.
Chrysostome saithe, 1Cur non ait, Oportet Episcopum Angelum esse, nulli humanae perturbationi vitióue subiectum? Ne Ecclesiae negotia fructusque perirent. Idcircò moderatam Virtutem proposuit: non supremam illam, atque Coelestem: VVhy saithe not S. Paule, A Bishop ought to be an Angel, subiecte neither to any worldly affection, nor to any Vice? Leste the affaires, and fruites of the Churche should perishe, (beinge without a Gouernoure). Therefore he required of Bishoppes a moderate, and a reasonable kinde of Vertue (willinge them to be Husbandes of One Wife) and not that other Vertue, so High, and so Heauenly: (that is to saye, vtterly to liue vnmaried.) Againe he saithe, 2Idcircò ait, Vnius Vxoris Virum: Ne nimis in angustum rem eam concluderet, si exactissimam Virtutem experisset: idcireò moderatiori admonitione maluit vti: ne ex desperatione perfectae illius inueniendae Virtutis, Ecclesiae sine Episcopis essent: Therefore S. Paule saith, Let a Bishop be the Husbande of One VVife: Leste he shoulde shut vp the mater into too greate a straite, if he had required that moste perfite puritie: therefore he woulde rather vse a reasonable moderation, or meane (that a Bishop shoulde be the Husbande of One Wife): Leste of despaire of findinge that excellencie of Vertue (to liue Vnmarried) the Churches shoulde be leafte without Bishoppes.