A04468:1799
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, I beseech you, M. Harding, what came the Son of Man to save? Must we believe, be came from Heaven, to Save your Accidents? Was this the cause of Christ's coming? It this the Religion ye have Learned in Louvain? S.1 Paul saithe, Nenquid de bubus cura est Deo? Hathe God any special care for Oxen? Might not one much better say, Hath God any care for your Forms, for your Shows, for your empty Accidents?
Here, I beséeche you, M. Hardinge, what came the Sonne of Man to saue? Muste wee beléeue, be came from Heauen, to Saue your Accidentes? Was this the cause of Chrictes comming? It this the Religion ye haue Learned in Louaine? S.1 Paule saithe, Nenquid de bubus cura est Deo? Hathe God any special care for Oxen? Might not one mutch beter saie, Hathe God any care for your Fourmes, for your Shevves, for your empty Accidentes?
Perhaps ye will say, I press you over heavily. Ye meant, that Christ came to Save Bread, and Wine. How be it, so ye cannot say: For by your Doctrine the Nature, and Substance of the Bread, and the Wine, by the coming, and presence of Christ, are quite abolished, nothing remaining, but only the Accidents. But be it, that Christ came, to Save these Creatures, Then is your ⟨p. 255⟩Religion much like unto the Divinity of the Old Heretics called the Manichees. 1Of them S. Augustine writeth thus: Herbas, atque arbores sic putant vivere, ut ea & sentire credant, & dolere, cùm laeduntur: nec aliquid inde sine cruciatu corum quenquam posse vellere: They think, that Herbs, and Trees have life, so for forth, that they believe, they have sense, and feeling, and suffer grief and pain, when they be hurt: