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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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But whereas he thus upbraideth us, By their fruits ye shall know them. Verily whiles the Bishop of Rome even in the City of Rome maintaineth his houses of Ribaldry and open Stews, and M. Harding is ready, & able by his eloquence and Divinity to defend the same, they have no just cause, greatly to boast them selves of their fruits. Howe be it, it may be thought, Christ gave us this lesson, not thereby to try the true Doctrine from the false, but a true professor from an ⟨p. 8⟩Hypocrite. Otherwise our lives must be tried by the Gospel, not the Gospel by our lives.
But whereas he thus vpbraideth vs, By their fruites ye shal knowe them. Verily whiles the Bishop of Rome euen in the Cittie of Rome mainteineth his houses of Ribaudrie and open Stewes, and M. Hardinge is ready, & hable by his eloquence and Diuinitie to defende the same, they haue no iuste cause, greatly to boaste them selues of their fruites. Howe be it, it maye be thought, Christ gaue vs this lesson, not thereby to trie the true Doctrine from the false, but a true professour from an ⟨p. 8⟩Hypocrite. Otherwise our liues muste be tried by the Gospel, not the Gospel by our liues.
Now let us examine that Horrible Heresy, that M. Harding hath espied in the Rules of Rhetoric, by which, saith he, the Secretaries unskil is betrayed, even in the forehead of our Book. This entry, saith M. Harding, touching the complaint of Truth, is so indifferent and common to both the parties, that either may use it, as well as other. Which kind of beginning, saith he, is called Exordium commune, and by the learned in Rhetoric is misliked as faulty. First of all, M. Harding, this seemeth to me a strange kind of beginning, in so deep a disputation of Divinity, to make your first quarrel unto Rhetoric. Belike for lack of better Entry, ye thought it good to rush in as you might. In deed either of us may seem to stand in defence of Truth. I deny it not. For as we have the substance, and Truth it self, so are you content to claim the name. And so far forth Truth is common to us both.