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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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Of the other side,1 Roffensis saith, Yes, there is in Purgatory good store of Water. And that, he saith, he can prove by the Prophet David: Transivimus per Ignem, & Aquam: & eduxisti nos in Refrigerium: We have passed through Fire, and Water: and thou haste brought us forth into a Place of refreshing. Albertus, and Roffensis say, The Executioners, and Ministers of Purgatory, be Holy Angels: Sir Thomas Moore saith, Out of doubt, they be no Angels, but very Devils. So handsomely these dreams agree together.
Of the other side,1 Roffensis saith, Yes, there is in Purgatorie good stoare of VVater. And that, he saith, he can proue by the Prophete Dauid: Transiuimus per Ignem, & Aquam: & eduxisti nos in Refrigerium: Wee haue passed through Fire, and VVater: and thou haste brought vs foorth into a Place of refreasshinge. Albertus, and Roffensis saie, The Executioners, and Ministers of Purgatorie, be Holy Angels: Sir Thomas Moore saithe, Out of doubte, they be no Angels, but very Diuels. So handesomely these dreames agrée togeather.
- 1The Bishop of Rochester. Psalm. 65.
To return to the matter, where ye say, We much mistook the place of S. Augustine, being deceived by the Ignorant note in the Margin, where also ye so pleasantly sport your self with our Profound knowledge in the Doctors, the Words of S. Augustine,1 that ye mean, be these, Primum Locum Fides Catholicorum, Divina Authoritate, Regnum credit esse Coelorum: unde non Baptizatus excipitur: Secundum, Gehennam: ubi omnis Apostata, & à Christi Fide alienus Aeterna Supplicia experietur: Tertiū Penitùs ignoramus: imò nec esse in Scripturis Sanctis inueniemus: The First Place the Catholic Faith, by God's Authority, believeth to be the Kingdom of Heaven: From whence, who so ever is not Baptized, is excluded: The Second Place, the same Catholic Faith believeth to be Hell: Where all Renegades, and who so ever is without the Faith of Christ, shall taste Everlasting Punishment. As for any Third Place, we utterly know none: neither shall we find in the Holy