A04468:2181
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 S. Augustine saithe, 1Non intres in Judicium cum Seruo tuo. Quid est, Non intres in judicium cum Seruo tuo? Non stes mecum in judicio, exigendo a me omnia quae praecepisti, & omnia, quae jussisti. Nam me inuenies reum, •i in judicium intraveris mecum. Opus ergo est Misericordia tua, potiùs, quàm liquidissimo judicio tuo: O Lord, enter not into judgement with thy Servant. What meaneth that, Enter not into judgement with thy Servant? Thus much it meaneth: Stand not with me in judgement, requiring of me all that thou haste commanded. For if thou enter into judgement with me, thou shalt find me guilty. I have need therefore, not of thy upright Judgement,2 but of thy Mercy. Again he saith, Merita quorumlibet hominum quae sunt? Quandoquidem ille, qui non cum Mercede debita, sed cum gratuita Gratia venit, Omnes peccatores, solus à peccato liber, & liberator, inuevit: What be the Merits of any men? For Christ that came, not with his dew reward, but with his Grace, that was not dew, found all men sinners, being him self only free from sin, 3and a deliverer of Sinners. Again he saith, Coronat te in Misericordia, & Miserationibus. Hoc fiet in judicio: ubi cùm Rex justus sederit in through, redditurus unicuique secundum opera eius, quis gloriabitur, castum see habere Cor? Aut quis gloriabitur, mundum se esse à peccatis? Ideò illie ⟨p. 322⟩necessarium fuit commemorare Miserationē, & Misericordiam Domini, &c. God crowneth with Favour and Mercy. That shall be down in the last judgement: where as, when the Just King shall sit in his Throne, to render to every man according to his works, who shall boast, that his heart is chaste? Or who shall boast, that be is clean from Sin? Therefore it was needful to make mention of the Pity, and Mercy of Our Lord. And again, 4Opera manuum mearum non Commendo. Timeo enim, ne cùm inspexeris, plura inuenias peccata, quàm Merita: Lord, I commend not the works of my hands. For I am afraid, lest, when thou shalt behold them, thou shalt find moe sins, then good deservings.