A04468:2159
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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Therefore again he saith unto them, 1Noli ponere in Coelum os tuum, ut per Esse, & Esse posse, stultorum auribus illudas. Quis enim tibi concedit, posse hominem facere, quod nullus unquam hominum potuerit? Set not thy face against Heaven, to mock fools ears with these words, Be, and Can be. For who will grant you, that a man can do that thing, that no man ever was able to do?
Therefore againe he saithe vnto them, 1Noli ponere in Coelum os tuum, vt per Esse, & Esse posse, stultorum auribus illudas. Quis enim tibi concedit, posse hominem facere, quod nullus vnquam hominum potuerit? Sette not thy face againste Heauen, to mocke fooles eares with these woordes, Be, and Can be. For who wil graunte you, that a man can doo that thinge, that noman euer vvas hable to doo?
- 1Hieronym. contra Pelagianos. li. 1.Hieronym. cōtra Pelagianos. li. 1.
Likewise S. Augustine saithe, 1Dixi fieri posse, ut sit homo sine peccato, si Voluntas ei non desit, ope Divina adivvante: Sed tamen Praeter Unum, in quo omnes uivificabuntur, neminem vel fuisse, vel fore, in quo hîc vivente esset ista Perfectio: I said, It is possible, that a man may be without Sin, if he want not will, the Power of God assisting him: And yet I said, that besides Only Christ, in whom all men shall be quickened to Life, there was never man, nor never shall be, who being in this life, shall have this Perfection. S. Augustine saith, No man can attain to this Perfection: and he speaketh of the Perfection, that is required, not of Angels, but of Men.
Likewise S. Augustine saithe,