A04468:1764
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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Now, for so much as it hath pleased M. Harding so earnestly to call us forth to construe him these words, I beseech thee, good Reader, mark well, what Constructions he, and his Fellows have imagined, & fancied upon the same. First of all Lanfrancus, the chiefest Champion of that side, thought it the wisest way, 1utterly to deny these words, and to say, They were never written by S. Ambrose. For thus he stormeth against Berengarius: O mentem amentem: O hominem impudenter mentientem: O puniendam temeritatem: Ambrosium accire testem praesumis, quòd Panis, & Vinum Altaris, per Consecrationem non definant esse, quoderant, sed commutentur in aliud, quod non erant? Et quidem si de Sacramentis, seu de coeteris, de quibus Ambrosius scripsit, omnes revoluat Libros, quos Ecclesia in usu nunc habet, tale quid ab Ambrosio dictum, taliterque expositum, nusquam repetire valebit: O mad mind: O impudent Liar: O rashness worthy of punishment: Darest thou to allege S. Ambrose for a witness, that the Bread and Wine of the Altar leave not by Consecration, to be that they were before: but are changed into an other thing, that they were not? Now truly if he peruse all the Books, that S. Ambrose hath written, either of the Sacraments, or of other matters, I mean such Books, as the Church hath no we in use, he shall never find any thing so written by S. Ambrose, and so expounded.
Nowe, for so mutche as it hath pleased M. Hardinge so earnestly to calle vs foorthe to construe him these vvoordes, I beséeche thée, good Reader, marke wel, what Constructions he, and his Felowes haue imagined, & fansied vpon the same. Firste of al Lanfrancus, the chiefest Champion of that side, thought it the wisest waie, 1vtterly to denie these woordes, and to saie, They were neuer written by S. Ambrose. For thus he stormeth against Berengarius: O mentem amentem: O hominem impudenter mentientem: O puniendam temeritatem: Ambrosium accire testem praesumis, quòd Panis, & Vinum Altaris, per Consecrationem non definant esse, quoderant, sed commutentur in aliud, quod non erant? Et quidem si de Sacramentis, seu de coeteris, de quibus Ambrosius scripsit, omnes reuoluat Libros, quos Ecclesia in vsu nunc habet, tale quid ab Ambrosio dictum, taliterque expositum, nusquam repetire valebit: O madde minde: O impudent Lier: O rashenesse woorthy of pounishement: Darest thou to allege S. Ambrose for a witnesse, that the Breade and Wine of the Aultar leaue not by Consecration, to be that they were before: but are changed into an other thinge, that they were not? Nowe truely if he peruse al the Bookes, that S. Ambrose hath written, either of the Sacramentes, or of other maters, I meane sutche Bookes, as the Churche hath no we in vse, he shal neuer finde any thinge so vvritten by S. Ambrose, and so expounded.