A04468:2139
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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Whereas ye teach the people thus to pray unto the Blessed Virgin, Monstra te esse Matrem: Commaunde thy Son: Use thy Motherly Authority over him: Let him know thee to be his Mother, this you say, is no blasphemy, but a Spiritual dallying. Now verily, M. Harding, this must needs be a blessed kind of Divinity, that can turn Prayer into Dalliance.
Whereas ye teache the people thus to praie vnto the Blessed Virgin, Monstra te esse Matrem: Commaunde thy Sonne: Vse thy Motherly Authoritie ouer him: Let him knovve thee to be his Mother, this you saie, is no blasphemie, but a Spiritual dallicinge. Nowe verily, M. Hardinge, this muste needes be a blessed kinde of Diuinitie, that can turne Praier into Dalliance.
One of your Beaupeeres of Louvain, as a man carrying his face in his hand, saith boldly,1 these words were never used in your Church. And therefore he saith with good courage, Interim à bonis istis viris quaero, Cur non nominant illas Ecclesias, quae ⟨p. 314⟩Virginem Matrem tam impudenter appellant? 2Cur eas, inquam, non nominant? In the mean season, saith he, this question I demand of these honest men: Why name they not those Churches, which so impudently call upon that Virgin Christs Mother? I say, Why do they not name them? Your modesty herein, M. Harding, is more praiseworthy. You are contented to grand the fact: and pleasantly to excuse it by a Spiritual Dallying.
One of your Beaupeeres of Louaine, as a man carrieing his face in his hand, saith boldely,1 these wordes were neuer vsed in your Churche. And therefore he saith with good courrage, Interim à bonis istis viris quaero, Cur non nominant illas Ecclesias, quae ⟨p. 314⟩