A04468:1777
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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It may please thee therefore, good Christian Reader, to understand, That the Promise of Mercy, The Grace of God, Our Faith in Christ, God's Word, & the Holy Sacraments, that are the aides, and helps of our Faith, are of the Holy Ancient Writers called a Substance. 1So S. Cyprian saith, Substantiam Salutis amittunt: They lose the Substance of Salvation. So saith Irenaeus, Quamuis sint in Operibus materialibus, tamen putant se non amittere Spiritualem Substantiam: Although they live in worldly, 2or filthy works, yet weigh think, they lose not the Spiritual Substance. Likewise again he saith of the follies, and Vanities of the Valentinian Heretics, Insubstantivum ostendit figmentum ipsorum: He showed, that their Inventions, and Devises were void of Substance. So S. Chrysostome, Fides dat Substantiam rebus: Imò potiùs non dat Substantiam, sed ipsa est Substantia earum: Faithe geveth things their Substance: Or rather it giveth not Substance unto things, but it self is their Substance. In like manner saithe Tertullian, Deus Idololatriae Substantiam cohibuit: 3God forbade the Substance of Idolatry. So saith Abbot Panormitane, Continentia non est de Substantia Ordinis: Single, or lose life is not of the Substance of Holy Orders. And an other saithe,4 Enim, non est de Substantia Consecrationis: This word, Enim, is not of the Substance of Consecration. By these, and other like examples, it may appear, that in cases of Religion, substance is not evermore taken for Christs Body covered with Accidents.
It maie please thée therefore, good Christian Reader, to vnderstande, That the Promise of Mercie, The Grace of God, Our Faithe in Christe, Goddes Woorde, & the Holy Sacramentes, that are the aides, and healpes of our Faithe, are of the Holy Anciente Writers called a Substance. 1So S. Cyprian saithe, Substantiam Salutis amittunt: They lose the Substance of Saluation. So saithe Irenaeus, Quamuis sint in Operibus materialibus, tamen putant se non amittere Spiritualem Substantiam: Although they liue in worldly,