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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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But S. Augustine standeth full of your side: S. Augustine hath written in the behoof of the Stews: S. Augustine saith, Take Harlots away from among men, 1and ye fill all the Country with ribaldry, and villainy. In deed the very name of S. Augustine is great, and Reverend. But what if S. Augustine, when he wrote these words, were not S. Augustine? What if he wrote that Book, De Ordine, beinge as yet a very young man, & but a Novice in the Faith: not yet well instructed: not yet Baptized in the name of Christ: him self as yet keeping a Concubine, and living in whoredom? Shall such a one, so young, and so youthful, go for a Saint? Or shall his bare name, and unseasoned fantasies stand you in stead, to prove your Stews?
But S. Augustine standeth ful of your side: S. Augustine hath written in the behoufe of the Stewes: S. Augustine saithe, Take Harlottes awaie from emonge menne, 1and ye fil al the Countrie with ribaudrie, and villanie. In deede the very name of S. Augustine is great, and Reuerende. But what if S. Augustine, when he wrote these woordes, were not S. Augustine? What if he wrote that Booke, De Ordine, beinge as yet a very yonge man, & but a Nouice in the Faithe: not yet wel instructed: not yet Baytized in the name of Christe: him selfe as yet keepinge a Concubine, and liuinge in whooredome? Shal sutche a one, so yonge, and so youthful, goe for a Saincte? Or shal his bare name, and vnseasoned fantasies stande you in steede, to proue your Stewes?
- 1Augustin. De Ordine, Li. 2.
Verily, the same S. Augustine, being afterward fully instructed, and Christened, saith thus, 1Istam in usu scortatorum terrena Civitas licitam fecit turpitudinem: The worldly City (not y• Church of God) hath made this filthiness of harlots to be lawful. And Ludovicus Vives, writing upon y same, saith, Satis apertè Augustinus estatur,