A04468:1423
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 saithe, Quid prodest Corporis pudicitia, animo constuprato? When the Mind, or Harte is deflowered, what availeth the Chastity of the Body?
S. Hierome saithe, Quid prodest Corporis pudicitia, animo constuprato? VVhen the Minde, or Harte is defloured, what auaileth the Chastitie of the Body?
S. Ambrose saithe, Non imperari potest Virginitas, sed optari. Nam, quae supra nos sunt, in Voto magis sunt, quàm in Magisterio: We may wish for Virginity: but command it we cannot. For the things, that be above us, and out of our power, are rather of desire, then of Commandment.
S. Ambrose saithe, Non imperari potest Virginitas, sed optari. Nam, quae supra nos sunt, in Voto magis sunt, quàm in Magisterio: Wee maie vvishe for Ʋirginitie: but commaunde it wee cannot. For the thinges, that be aboue vs, and out of our power, are rather of desire, then of Commaundement.
Hereof Epiphanius maketh this Conclusion: 1Ut ne confundantur apud homines, occultè scortantur: & sub Solitudinis, aut continentiae specie libidinem exercent. Melius est itaque lapsum à cursu, palàm sibi uxorem accipere secundum Leges: Leste they should be shamed before men, they keep Harlots privily: and under the colour of Solitary, or Continent Life, they practise their filthy pleasure. Better is it therefore for a man, being fallen from his course, openly to take unto him self a wife according to the Law. So saith S. Hierome, as I have before alleged: Huiusmodi Virginibus apertè dicendum est,2 ut aut nubant, si se non possunt continere: aut contineant, si nolunt nubere: To such virgins we must say plainly, that either they Marry, if they cannot Contain: Or else that they Contain, if they will not Marry.