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…

To spend words without cause, is affliction of the Sprite, and loss of time. M. Harding here bestoweth much labour, and allegeth many Doctors, to win that thing, that he might easily have obtained without any such ado. For, gentle Reader, left that thou be deceived, and think, there is some weight in this heap of feathers, we will grant without force, and freely, that the Holy Catholic Fathers have made mention, not only of Seven, as M. Harding here accounteth them, but also of Seventeen sundry Sacraments. ^aTertullian calleth the Helve, wherewith Elizaeus recovered the Axe out of the water, Sacramentum Ligni, the Sacrament of Wood: And the whole state of the Christian Faith, he calleth^b Religionis Christianae Sacramentum, The Sacrament of Christian Religion. ^cdS. Augustine in many places hath Sacramentum Crucis, The Sacrament of the Cross. Thus he saith, In hac Crucis Figura continetur Sacramentum: In this Figure, or Form of the Cross there is contained a Sacrament. So saith Leo, ^eCrux Christi, quae saluandis est impensa Fidelibus, & Sacramentum est, & exemplum: The Cross of Christ, which was given to save the Faithful, is both a Sacrament, and also a Sampler. S. Hierome saith,^f E latere Christi Baptismi, atque Martyrij pariter Sacrament funduntur: Out of Christs side the Sacraments of Baptism, and Martyrdom are poured forth both together. ^*Leo calleth the promise of Virginitie, Sacramentum: Quid eos manebit, qui corruperine foedera Divini Sacramenti? What shall become of them, that have broken the Covenant of the Heavenly Sacrament? ^gThe Bread, that was given unto the Novices, or Beginners in the Faith, called Catechumeni, before they were Baptized, of S. Augustine is called a Sacrament, ^h