A04468:1447
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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How be it,1 Gentle Reader, if thou wilt know the often Alterations, and Changes of the Mass, read, I beseech thee, Platyna, and Polydore Vergil, touching the same: There shalt thou find, how, and by whom, and upon what occasion, and in what process of time, all the parts of the Mass were pieced, and set together: and that in the space of seven hundred whole years scarcely, and with much ado it was made up at last, and brought to some perfection.
How be it,1 Gentle Reader, if thou wilt knowe the often Alterations, and Changes of the Masse, reade, I beseche thée, Platyna, and Polydore Vergil, touchinge the same: There shalte thou finde, howe, and by whome, and vpon what occasion, and in what processe of time, al the partes of the Masse were peeced, and sette togeather: and that in the space of seuen hundred whole yéeres scarcely, and with mutche adoo it was made vp at laste, and brought to somme perfection.
- 1Platin. in Sixto. 1 Polydor. Vergil. De Inuentorib. rer. Li. 5. Cap. 10.
Christs Commandment of Hearing the Church is answered before. S. Augustine saith, 1Credimus Sanctam Ecclesiam: non Credimus in Sanctam Ecclesiam: We believe, that there is a Holy Church: But we Believe not in the Holy Church. For the Church is not God, nor is able of her self to make, or alter any one Article of the Faith. The Prophet Esay saithe, Ad Legem potiùs, & ad Testimonium. Si non responderint secundum Verbum hoc, non erit illis Lux Matutina: To the Law rather, and to the Testimony. If they answer not according to this Word, they shall have no Morning Light.
Christes Commaundement of Hearinge the Churche is answeared before. S. Augustine saithe,