A04468:1656
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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Notwithstanding any Promise of Constancy, made to the contrary, yet, I trust, M. Harding of his courtesy will believe, either S. Chrysostom, or S. Augustine, or Theophylacte, or Paschasius, or Lorichius, or Tapper, or his New Doctors, or the Old, or his own, or others. Otherwise, if he be fully determined to believe no man, it is reason, that no man believe him.
Notwithstandinge any Promisse of Constancie, made to the contrarie, yet, I truste, M. Hardinge of his courtesie wil beleeue, either S. Chrysostome, or S. Augustine, or Theophylacte, or Paschasius, or Lorichius, or Tapper, or his Nevve Doctours, or the Olde, or his owne, or others. Otherwise, if he be fully determined to beleeue noman, it is reason, that noman beleeue him.
Perhaps he will say, Notwithstanding Christs words be plain, yet they are not of force sufficient, to bind us for ever. For so writeth Cardinal Cusanus, Scripturae ad tempus adaptantur,1 & variè intelliguntur: ita ut uno tempore secundum currentem Ecclesiae ritum exponantur: mutato verà ritu, iterum sententia mutetur: The Scriptures are applied to the states of divers times, and so are taken in divers senses: So that at one time they are expounded according to the current order of the Church: But the order of the Church being changed, the sense of the Scripture is like wise changed. So S. Augustine saith of the Heretics the Manichees: Expendunt ista,2 non in statera aequa Divinarum Scripturarum, sed in statera dolosa Consuetudinum suarum: They weigh these matters, not in the equal balance of the Divine Scriptures, but in the deceitful Balance of their own Customs. Of the like sort of Heretics S. Hilarie saith, Qui ea, quae Scripta sunt, negas, quid testat, nisi ut ea, quae non ⟨p. 230⟩scripta sunt, credas? Seeinge thou deniest the things, that be written in the Scriptures, what remaineth there, but that thou must believe such things, as be not written in the Scriptures?