A04468:2073
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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Of the other side, in your Masses for the Dead, ye have used to pray thus: Libera eos à Tartaro: è profundo Lacu: ex Ore Leonis: Deliver them O Lord (not from Purgatory, but) from Hell: from that deep Dungeon: from the Lions Mouthe. I trow, ye are not so much thrall unto the Pope, that ye will turn, the Lions Mouthe, the Deep Dungeon, and all the world, and Hell it self, into Purgatory. Thus ye see, M. Harding, by your own Doctrine, ye may ⟨p. 301⟩pray for the Dead,1 and yet be never the near of your Purgatory.
Of the other side, in your Masses for the Deade, ye haue vsed to praie thus: Libera eos à Tartaro: è profundo Lacu: ex Ore Leonis: Deliuer them O Lorde (not from Purgatorie, but) from Hel: from that deepe Doungeon: from the Lions Mouthe. I trowe, ye are not so mutche thral vnto the Pope, that ye wil turne, the Lions Mouthe, the Deepe Doungeon, and al the worlde, and Helle it selfe, into Purgatorie. Thus ye sée, M. Hardinge, by your owne Doctrine, ye maie ⟨p. 301⟩praie for the Deade,1 and yet be neuer the neare of your Purgatorie.
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But to help forward the matter, at the least by some Natural reason, ye say thus, For as much as nothing, that is defiled, cometh into the Kingdom of Heaven, and some depart out of this Life, though in the Faith of Christ, and Children of the Everlasting Kingdom, yet not throughly and perfectly clean, it remaineth, that such, after this Life, before they come to the Place of Everlasting toy, have their Purgation. To warrant your Minor in this Argument, ye bring in the words of S. Paul, as rightly, and as well to purpose, as your manner otherwise is commonly to handle the Scriptures: Though our outward man be corrupted,