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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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Luther, ye say, First procured, that men should acknowledge no One Head, and Judge: Whom, as by your report, S. Cyprian saith, they might obey, as the Vicar of Christ. Of this One Head, & One Judge, neither Christ, nor his Apostles ever told us. S. Cyprian,1 as it is said before, saithe thus, Christus Parem dedit Apostolis omnibus potestatem: Christe gave unto all his Apostles Equal Power. And S. Chrysostom saith, Quicunque desiderat Primatum in Terra, inueniet in Caelo confusionem: Who so ever seeketh the Primacy in Earth, he in Heaven shall find Confusion.
Luther, ye saie, Firste procured, that menne should acknowledge no One Head, and Iudge: Whom, as by your reporte, S. Cyprian saithe, they might obeie, as the Vicare of Christe. Of this One Heade, & One Iudge, neither Christe, nor his Apostles euer told vs. S. Cyprian,1 as it is saide before, saithe thus, Christus Parem dedit Apostolis omnibus potestatem: Christe gaue vnto al his Apostles Equal Povver. And S. Chrysostome saithe, Quicunque desiderat Primatum in Terra, inueniet in Caelo confusionem: VVho so euer seeketh the Primacie in Earthe, he in Heauen shal finde Confusion.
- 1Cypria. De Sim Praelatorum. Chrysostom in Matthae. Hom. 35▪
The place of S. Cyprian, touching One Head, and One Judge, is well alleged by you, M. Harding: but il applied. It is true, that S. Cyprian saith, The People ought to obey One Judge, or One Head, as the Vicar of Christ. But that by the same One Head, or Judge, he meant either the Bishop of Rome, or any one other certain several Bishop, it is most untrue. S. Cyprian's meaning is,1 as I have otherwhere more largely declared, that in every Diocese the People ought to know One Bishop, as Head, and Judge, and him to obey, as the Vicar of Christ. One Head, or Judge, I say, in every Diocese: not One Universal Head over all the World. For proof whereof, M. Harding, read S. Cyprian's Epistle unto Florentinus Pupianus: and ye shall find, that he useth the self same words of him self, and not of the Pope: & I doubt not, but ye will much marvel, and mislike your own error. His words be these, Unde Schismata, & Haereses obortae sunt,