A04468:1921
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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Touching these words, Sursum corda, Lift up your Hearts, ye say they were applied in old times unto prayer, and not only, or chiefly to the Ministration of the Sacrament: and that, as ye seem to say, by the witness of S. Cyprian. As for these empty Words, Only, or Chiefly, ye use them only as a false light, to blind your Reader. For in our Apology ye found them not.
Touchinge these woordes, Sursum corda, Lifte vp your Hartes, ye saie they were applied in olde times vnto praier, and not onely, or chiefely to the Ministration of the Sacramente: and that, as ye séeme to saie, by the witnesse of S. Cyprian. As for these emptie Woordes, Onely, or Chiefely, ye vse them onely as a false light, to blinde your Reader. For in our Apologie yee founde them not.
Touching S. Cyprian, Ye thought it best to dissemble, and to shift his words, and to command him to silence. For thus he saith, even directly against the whole practise of your Church:1 Sacerdos ante Orationem, Praefatione praemissa, parrot Fratrum merits, dicendo, Sursum Corda: ut dumb respondet Plebs, Habemus ad Dominum, admoneatur, nihil aliud se, quàm Dominum, cogitare debere: Before Prayer, the Priest with a Preface prepareth the hearts of the Brethren, saying unto them, Lift up your Hearts: that, when the People answereth, We lift them up unto the Lord, they may be put in mind, to think of nothing else, but of the Lord. Where is this order, M. Harding, where is this Ecclesiastical Tradition now become? Throughout your whole Territory of Rome, in what Church, in what Chapel is it kept? Where doth your people answer the Priest at the Common Prayer? Or where doth the people understand, either the meaning of the Sacraments, or any thing, that is pronounced by the Priest? Or why are you so unadvised, to allege manifest Authorities against your self?
Touchinge S. Cyprian, Yée thought it beste to dissemble, and to shifte his woordes, and to commaunde him to silence. For thus he saithe, euen directely againste the whole practise of your Churche: