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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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In defence of your Half Communion, ye say, For good causes ye teach the people to be content with one Kind. And thus ye force the poor people, contrary to the express Word of Christ, contrary to the example of the Apostles, and all the Holy Fathers in the Primitive Church, and contrary to the general use, and order of a whole thousand years, to give care to your good causes. But these causes, no doubt, are great, and worthy: Otherwise ye would not weigh them against God.1 But wherefore are they dissembled. Why are they not told us? Your own Doctours, Alphonsus de Castro, and John Gerson, have laid them out in this wise Particularly, and at large: The danger of shedding: The carrying from place to place: 2The fowling of the Cups: The trouble of Mens Beards: The Reserving for the Sick: The turning of the Wine into Vinegar: The engendering of Plees: The Corruption, or Putrefaction: The Loathsomeness that may happen, for so many to Drink ⟨p. 329⟩of one Cup: 3The impossibility of providing one Cup, that may be sufficient to serve all the People: In some places Wine is dear: in some other places the Wine will be frozen. These, M. Harding, be the fairest, and greattest of your good causes. And yet have you thus concluded in your late Chapter at Tridente, Si quis dixerit▪ 4Sanctam Ecclesiam Catholicam non justis causis, & rationibus adductam fuisse, ut Laicos, atque etiam Clericos non conficientes, sub Panis tantummod• specie Communicaret, aut in eo erase, Anathema sit: If any man shall say, that the Holy Catholic Church, without just Causes, and reasons her moving, doth Communicate both the Laity, and also Priests, onlesse they Minister, under the only Form of Bread, 5or that the Church hath erred in the same, Accursed be he. Therefore Tertullian saith rightly of you: Credunt sine Scripturis, ut Credant Contra Scripturas: They Believe without the Scriptures, that they may Believe against the Scriptures.