A04468:2456
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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Now for as much as M. Harding would so fain have this matter to pass by the name of a punishment of these il women, I beseech thee, good Reader, to consider, how grievously, and with what extremity, and rigour of Law they have devised,1 to have them punished. In a Provincial Council holden at Oxford it is written thus, Concubinae Sacerdotum moneantur ab Archidiacono, &c. Let Priests Concubines be warned by the Archdeacon &c. If they vvil not amend, then let them be forbidden to Kiss the Pax, and to take Holy Bread in the Church. With such extremity, and cruelty they keep the people from doing il.
Nowe for as mutche as M. Hardinge woulde so faine haue this mater to passe by the name of a pounishemente of these il weémenne, I beseeche thee, good Reader, to consider, howe greeuousely, and with what extremitie, and rigoure of Lawe they haue diuised,1 to haue them pounished. In a Prouincial Councel holden at Oxforde it is written thus, Concubinae Sacerdotum moneantur ab Archidiacono, &c. Let Priestes Concubines be vvarned by the Archedeacon &c. If they vvil not amende, then let them be forebidden to Kisse the Pax, and to take Holy Breade in the Churche. With sutche extremitie, and crueltie they keepe the people from dooinge il.
- 1Constitu. provin. Edmundi Cantuar. Archiepiscopi.Constitu. prouin. Edmundi Cantuar. Archiepiscopi.
It was neither for your profession, M. Harding, nor for your gravity, to become a Proctor for the Stews. Although it might well become Leontium, an Heathen Courtesan of lewd conditions, that way to bestow her wit, and Eloquence against Theophrastus, in the defence of that filthy state, yet may not the same likewise become a Christian man, and a professor of Divinity.