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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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S. Augustine in his Rule to his Clerks, 1or Monks, writeth thus, Ne sit Notabilis habitus vester: Let not your Apparel be Notable. S. Hierome, describing the order of the Church at Bethlehem, saith thus: In veste, nulla discretio: nulla admiratio: Utcunque placuerit incedere, nec detractionis est, nec laudis: In Apparel, there is no difference: there is no wondering. How so ever any man list to go, it is neither slandered, nor praised. And Pope Coelestinus the first saith, Discernendi sumus à plebe,2 Doctrina, non Veste: Conuersatione, non Habitu: Mentis puritate, non cultu. Si enim studere incipiemus Novitati, Traditum nobis à Patribus ordinem calcabimus, ut Jocum vacuum Superstitionibus faciamus. Docendi potiùs sunt rudium animi, quàm illudendi. Nec Imponendum est illorum oculis, sed Mentibus infundenda praecepta sunt: Wee muste be known from the Lay people, by our Doctrine, not by our Coat: By our Conversation, not by our Apparel: By the pureness of our Mind, not by the attire of our Body. For if we once begin to devise Novelties, we shall tread our Fathers Orders under foot, and make room for Superstition. The minds of the ignorant ought to be taught, and not to be mocked. Neither may we go about to dosel the• •ies: but rather ought to pour wholesome Doctrine into their Hearts. To conclude, ⟨p. 348⟩it is noted in your own Gloss upon the Clementines, 3Clerici Saeculares non habent certum habitum, 4cùm non fit expressum in jure de Colore, vel Forma: per quae, vel quorum alterum oportet habitum discerni: Secular Priests have no certain Apparel appointed them, for as much as there is no express mention made, neither of the Colour, nor of the Form: by which two differences, or by the one of them, Apparel must be discerned.
S. Augustine in his Rule to his Clerkes, 1