A04468:1603
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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Here ye do great wrong, M. Harding, to call the Faith of Christ, an Imagination, or, as I trow: ye mean, a fancy. S. Paule saithe, Fides est Substantia rerum sperandarum: Faith is (not an Imagination, but) the Substance and ground of the things, that we hope for. If ye travail once again to Rome, being thus far instructed already, ye will easily learn the Lesson, that one of your late Popes there, as it is reported, taught his Cardinals: O, quantum nobis profuit illa Fabula de Christo?
Here ye doo greate wronge, M. Hardinge, to cal the Faithe of Christe, an Imagination, or, as I trowe: ye meane, a fansie. S. Paule saithe, Fides est Substantia rerum sperandarum: Faithe is (not an Imagination, but) the Substance and grounde of the thinges, that wee hope for. If ye trauaile once againe to Rome, being thus far instructed already, ye wil easily learne the Lesson, that one of your late Popes there, as it is reported, taught his Cardinalles: O, quantum nobis profuit illa Fabula de Christo?
That we ought to send up our Faith into Heaven, and there to embrace the Body of Christ, it is S. Augustine's Doctrine, it is not ours. These be his words: Dices,1 Quomodò tenebo Christum Absentem? Quomodò in Coelum manum mittam, ut ibi sedentem teneam? Fidem mitt: & tenuisti. Parents tui tenuerunt Carne: tu tene Cord: Thou wilt say, how shall I hold Christ being Absent? Howe we shall I reach my hand into Heaven, that I may hold him sitting there? Send up thy Faith: and thou holdest him. Thy Fathers (the Jews) held him in the flesh: Hold him thou in thy heart.
That wée ought to sende vp our Faithe into Heauen, and there to embrace the Body of Christe, it is S. Augustines Doctrine, it is not ours. These be his woordes: Dices,1 Quomodò tenebo Christum Absentem? Quomodò in Coelum manum mittam, vt ibi sedentem teneam? Fidem mitte: & tenuisti. Parentes tui tenuerunt Carne: tu tene Corde: Thou wilt saie, howe shal I holde Christe beeinge Absente? Howe we shal I reache my hande into Heauen, that I maye holde him sittinge there? Sende vp thy Faithe: and thou holdest him. Thy Fathers (the Iewes) helde him in the fleashe: Holde him thou in thy harte.