A04468:2290
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 it was not amiss, M. Harding, to demand you this question, which of these sides ye would have followed: and which of all these Gospels ye would have believed. For it may well be thought, that being minded as they were, ye would have answered, as they did.
Therefore it was not amisse, M. Hardinge, to demaunde you this question, whiche of these sides ye woulde haue folowed: and whiche of al these Gospelles ye would haue beleeued. For it maie wel be thought, that being minded as they were, ye woulde haue answeared, as they did.
But ye say, ye would rather have said, as S. Hierome sometime said to Pope Damasus, touching the Heresies, which he found in Syria.
But ye saie, yée woulde rather haue saide, as S. Hierome sommetime saide to Pope Damasus, touchinge the Heresies, whiche he founde in Syria.
If ye would use S. Hieromes answer, M. Harding, & say unto the Pope, as S. Hierome said, Perhaps ye should deserve no great thanks for your labour. For S. Hierome in that self same place, beside sundry others, utterly denieth the Primacy of the Bishop of Rome.1 His words be plain, Ego Nullum Primum, nisi Christum, sequens, Beatitudini tuae, id est, Cathedrae Petri Communion Consocior: I following no First Man, (that is to say, No Head, or Chief) but Only Christ, am joined as a fellow in Communion unto thy Blessedness, that is to say, to Peters Chair. S. Hierome telleth the Pope, He knoweth No First, No Chief, No Head, no not the Pope him self, but only Christ. Again, he saith not, I am thrall, and subject to thy commandments: But, I am joined,2