A04468:1568
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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So likewise Durandus saith, Matrimonium strictè, & proprié loquendo, non est Sacramentum:1 Matrimonie in dew, and proper kind of speech is no Sacrament.
So likewise Durandus saithe, Matrimonium strictè, & proprié loquendo, non est Sacramentum:1 Matrimonie in dewe, and proper kinde of speache is no Sacramente.
- 1Durandus.
Now to that, we make account only of Two Sacraments, as instituted by Christ, 1wherewith M. Harding findeth him self so much offended, it may please him to understand, that the Ancient Learned Fathers, Irenaeus, Justinus Martyr, Tertullian, S. Ambrose, Cyrillus Alexandrinus, and others, having occasion to entreat of purpose, and specially hereof, speak only of Two Sacraments, Baptism, and Our Lords Supper, and name none other. S. Cyprian saithe, Tunc demùm planè sanctificari, & esse Filij Dei possunt, si utroque Sacramento nascantur: Then may they be throughly Sanctified, and become the Children of God, if they be new borne by both the Sacraments. S. Augustine saith, Quaedam Pauca pro multis, eademque factu facillima, & intellectu augustissima, & obseruatione castissima, ipse Dominus, & Apostolica tradidit disciplina: sicuti est Baptismi Sacramentum, & Celebratio Corporis, & Sanguinis Domini: Our Lorde, and his Apostles have delivered unto us a few Sacraments in stead of many, and the same in doing most easy, in signification most excellent, in observation most reverend: as is the Sacrament of Baptism, and the Celebration of the Body, and Blood of Our Lord. Again, speaking of Baptism, and the Supper, he saithe thus: Haec sunt Ecclesiae Gemina Sacramenta: These be the Two Sacraments of the Church. Paschasius saithe, Sunt Sacramenta Christi in Ecclesia Catholica, Baptismus, &