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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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Notwithstanding, the Truth of God hangeth neither of many, nor of few. Liberius the Bishop of Rome said sometime to the Arian Emperour Constantius, 1Non, si ego solus sum, idcircò minor est ratio Fidei: Although I be alone, yet the account of Faith is therefore no white the less. Christ compareth the Kingdom of God unto a piece of Leaven, which being little in quantity the woman taketh, and layeth in a great Lump of dough, until the whole be all Leavened. Chrysostom saith, Nemo paucitatem vestram deploret. Magna enim est virtus Praedicationis. 2Et quod semel fermentatum est, rursus fermentum ad coetera efficitur: Let no man bewail the small number of you. For great is the Virtue of Preaching. And who so is once Leavened, is him self made Leaven to Leaven others. It is noted in the Gloss upon the Clementines, Veritas pedetentim cognoscitur: Truth is known by Little, and by Little. 3And S. Ambrose, Constat Diluvium eodem numero, quo cumulatum est, esse diminutum: It is known, that the •loudde in the time of Noah, as it grew by degrees, so by degrees it abated. Origen saith, Ego concitabo eos in non Gentem. Nos sumus non Gens: qui pauci ex ista Civitate credimus, & alij ex alia. Et nusquam Gens integra ab initio credulitatis videtur assumpta: I shall provoke them by them, that are no people. We are they, that were no people, that Believe in Christ, a few in this City, and a few in an other. And never was there any Nation, that was taken whole at the first beginning of the Faith. The meaning hereof is this, that God calleth men, not all together, but now a few, now moe, as unto his secrete wisdom seemeth best. So is it written in the late Council of Basile, 4Spiritus Sanctus non illuminat omnes eodem tempore: Sed ubi vult, & quando vult, spirat: The Holy Ghost doth not give light to all men at one time: but breatheth where it will, and when it will.
Notwithstandinge, the Truthe of God hangeth neither of many, nor of fewe. Liberius the Bishop of Rome saide sometime to the Arian Emperour Constantius, 1