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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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Fornication, ye say, is not better then Marriage: But Marriage is worse then Fornication. Thus it seemeth you good, to shadow your matters by shift of words, from worse to better, and from better to worse. And yet in all plain mens judgements, If Marriage be worse then Fornication, then is Fornication better then Marriage.
Fornication, ye saie, is not better then Mariage: But Mariage is vvoorse then Fornication. Thus it seemeth you good, to shadowe your maters by shifte of woordes, from vvoorse to better, and from better to vvoorse. And yet in al plaine mennes iudgementes, If Mariage be vvoorse then Fornication, then is Fornication better then Mariage.
But to let you understand, 1we have dealt simply, and plainly herein, Hulderichus the Bishop of Augusta in Germany, writing unto Pope Nicolas against the restraint of Priests Marriage, above seven hundred years paste, useth like manner of speech, as we have used. Thus he saithe, Huius imperij, ne dicam, confilij, tam fatuam, tamque turpem addunt suggestionem, ut dicant, Honestius est, Pluribus occultè implicari, quàm apertè in hominum vultu, & conscientia cum una ligari. Quod profectò non dicerent, si ex illo, & in illo essent, qui dicit, Vae vobis Pharisaeis, qui omnia facitis propter homines: Unto this commandment, I will not say, unto this Counsel, they set so foolish and so shameful a suggestion, that they ⟨p. 367⟩say, 2It is an* Honester thing for a Priest to be entangled with many Concubines, in Secrete, and privily, then Openly, and in the light, and knowledge of the world, to be joined in Marriage with one Wife. Which thing Verit they would not utter, if they were either of him, or in him, that saith, Woe be unto you, ye Pharisees, that do all things to please men.