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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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S. Hierome reproved Vigilantius, for that he found fault with the Vigils or night wakes, that then were used, with Praying to Saints, with Worshipping of Relics, with Lights, and other such like weighty matters. Touching which whole controversy,1 Erasmus giveth this judgement: in hunc ita conuitijs debacchatur Hieronymus, ut plusculum in co modestiae cogar desiderare. Utinam argumentis tantùm egisset, et à conuitijs temperasset: Against this Vigilantius S. Hierome so raileth, that I want in him some piece of sobriety. I would rather, he had dealt with arguments, and had spared his railing.
S. Hierome reproued Vigilantius, for that he founde faulte with the Vigils or night wakes, that then were vsed, with Praieing to Sainctes, with Woorshippinge of Reliques, with Lightes, and other suche like weighty maters. Touchinge which whole controuersie,1 Erasmus geueth this iudgement: in hunc ita conuitijs debacchatur Hieronymus, vt plusculum in co modestiae cogar desiderare. Vtinam argumentis tantùm egisset, et à conuitijs temperasset: Against this Vigilantius S. Hierome so raileth, that I wante in him some peece of sobrietie. I woulde rather, he had dealte with argumentes, and had spared his railinge.
- 1Erasm. in praefatio. in Epistolam Hieronymi contra Vigilan.
Of prayer to Saints, & Lights, we shall speak hereafter. Night wakes afterward were condemned, as I remember, in the Council of Carthage, & so Sentence given by the Church with this great Heretic Vigilantius against S. Hierome. Verily the Fathers in a former Council holden at Eliberis in Spain decreed thus:1 Placuit prohiberi ne foeminae in coemiterio peruigilent: quia saepé sub obtentu orationis scelera latenter committunt. It liketh us that women be forbidden to watch at the places of burial: For often under pretence of prayer, privily they commit wickedness. To be short, if Vigilantius were an Heretic for reproving of Night Watches, why hath the Church of Rome so long sithence condemned & abolished the same watches, agreeably to Vigilantius, and contrary to the Judgement of S Hierome?