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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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But this is God's just judgement, that they, that wilfully withstand the Truth,1 should be given over to maintain Lies, as being the Children of Untruth, Children, that will not hear the Law of God.
But this is Goddes iuste iudgemente, that they, that wilfully withstande the Truthe,1 shoulde be geeuen ouer to mainteine Lies, as beeinge the Children of Vntruthe, Children, that wil not heare the Lawe of God.
For trial whereof, I beseech thee, good Reader, advisedly to peruse these few notes, truly taken out of M. Hardinges late Confutation. Judge thereof, as thou shalt see cause. Let no affection, or fantasy cause things to seem otherwise, then they be.
For trial whereof, I beseeche thée, good Reader, aduisedly to peruse these fewe notes, truely taken out of M. Hardinges late Confutation. Iudge thereof, as thou shalt sée cause. Let no affection, or fantasie cause thinges to séeme otherwise, then they be.
The two principal Grounds of this whole Book are these: 1First, That the Pope, although he may err by personal error, in his own Private Judgement, as a man, and as a particular Doctor in his own opinion: yet as he is Pope, as he is the Successor of Peter, as he is the Vicar of Christ in Earth, and as he is the Shepherd of the Universal Church, in Public Judgement, in deliberation, and Definitive Sentence, he never erreth, nor never erred, nor never can err: As if he would say, The Pope walking in his Gallery is one man: and fitting in Consistory, or in Judgement, is an other: Which thing to holde, Alphonsus de Castro saithe,