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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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The B. of Salisbury.
The B. of Sarisburie.
Hereto, M. Harding, the whole gross sum of your Answer in effect is this: Ye Falsely, and wickedly lead the people: ye are Apostates: ye are Heretics: ye are Impudent, and rebellious Children: ye are Despisers of God: Mockers of your Mother: and perverters of the Apostles: ye utter Lies: ye speak blasphemies. At the last ye say, The Devil dwelleth in our hearts, as in his shop. This is a hasty kind of Logic, M. Harding: He must needs be hard hearted, that will not yield to such Arguments.
Hereto, M. Hardinge, the whole grosse summe of your Answeare in effecte is this: Ye Falsely, and wickedly leade the people: ye are Apostates: ye are Heretiques: ye are Impupudente, and rebellious Children: ye are Despisers of God: Mockers of your Mother: and peruerters of the Apostles: ye vtter Lies: ye speake blasphemies. At the laste ye saie, The Diuel dwelleth in our hartes, as in his shoppe. This is a hasty kinde of Logique, M. Harding: He muste needes be harde harted, that wil not yelde to sutche Argumentes.
To leave other your waste words,1 of Vigilantius, Jovinian, Manichee, Aërius, and such others, in the end ye pronounce your Definitive Sentence, as a Judge, and condemn us for Heretics, for that we have taken down your Shops, and gainful Booths, which ye call the Holy Altars of God. Verily, this must needs be thought, either extreme rigour, or great folly, of the removing of a stone to make an Heresy. Such Heresies, I trow, S. Augustine, S. Ambrose, Optatus, and other Learned Fathers knew but few.