A04468:2309
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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Touching your Nominals, & Reals, M. Harding, if ye had been so cunning, & skilful, as ye make your self, ye would not have sent us back to learn your First, and Second Intentions amongst Children. But, that ye may understand your own error, and certainly see, that these two Houses, your Nominals, and your Reals have heretofore kept a stir, not only in Logic, but also in your Scholastical matters of Divinity, without further searching of y• bottom thereof, I pray you only to consider these few Authorities.
Touchinge your Nominalles, & Realles, M. Hardinge, if ye had benne so cunninge, & skilful, as ye make your selfe, ye would not haue sente vs backe to learne your Firste, and Seconde Intentions emongest Children. But, that ye maie vnderstande your owne erroure, and certainely see, that these twoo Houses, your Nominalles, and your Realles haue heretofore keapt a sturre, not onely in Logique, but also in your Scholastical maters of Diuinitie, without further searchinge of y• bottome thereof, I praie you onely to consider these fewe Authorities.
Veselus,1 sometime for his great fame in Learning, named Lux Mundi, writeth thus, In Nominalibus si quid Fidei contrarium putarem, hodiè remearem, vel ad Formales, vel ad Realles: If I thought there were any thing in the Nominals contrary to the Faith, I would presently leave them, and go, either to the Formals, or to the Reals.2 An other saithe, Ex Sententiarijs, alij Terminals, aut Nominales esse volunt: alij Reals: Of the Doctors of the Scholastical Divinity, some will be called Terminals, or Nominals, and some Reals. An other saith, Citiùs è Labyrinthis temet explices,3 quàm ex inuolucris Realium, Nominalium, &c. in quibus omnibus tantum est cruditionis, ut putem Apostolis ipsis opus fore alio Spiritu, si cogerentur istis de rebus cum hoc Novo Theologorum genere conserere manus: Ye may sooner wind your self out of a Maze, then out of the shifts, and Corners of these Reals, and Nominals &c. in whom there is such abundance of Learning, y, I think, the Apostles them selves should have need of an other Sprite, if at any time they should be driven to encounter with this New kind of Divines: Here, M. Harding, your Nominals, and Reals, are called a New kind, not of Logicians, but of Divines.