A04468:1750
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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Therefore I may answer M. Harding herein, as S. Augustine sometime answered the Pelagian Heretiques:1 Vobis Pelagianis nondum litigantibus, securiùs loquebantur Patres de his Articulis: Before that you Pelagians began to quarrel, the Fathers, and Doctors spake without fear, and freely of these Articles.
Therefore I maye answeare M. Hardinge herein, as S. Augustine sommetime answeared the Pelagian Heretiques:1 Vobis Pelagianis nondum litigantibus, securiùs loquebantur Patres de his Articulis: Before that you Pelagians beganne to quarrel, the Fathers, and Doctours spake without feare, and freely of these Articles.
- 1August. Contra Julianum, Lib. 1.August. Contra Iulianum, Lib. 1.
Athanasius saith of the Arian Heretics,1 Incorporalia Corporaliter excipientes, quae probè dicta erant, interpretationibus depravaverunt: Taking Spiritual things in a Corporal, or Fleshly meaning (as doth M. Harding, and other his fellows) by their interpretations they have depraved the things, that were rightly spoken. S. Ambrose saith of the Breads, and the Wine, Sunt, quae erant, & in aliud mutantur: They remain the same, that they were, and are changed into an other thing. Now is the field won: M. Harding bloweth a Maigne Triumph. Here, saith he, Sir Defender, Construe me these Words, Soothly, good Reader, I distrust not greatly, but this poor Defender might easily Construe these Words, were he never so simple a clerk. The Natural Creatures of the Bread, and Wine in the Supper of our Lord (saith S. Ambrose) remain still in Substance, as they were before: yet are they changed into an other thing, that is to say, they are made the Sacrament of the Body, and Blood of Christ: which before they were not.