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…

For answer to all this, ye join your selves with Christ and his Apostles, as though ye were guilty herein no more, then they. Presumptuously said. But the matter is not so answered. And yet ye run at large in that common place, and very vainly, or rather Luciferlike, compare your selves with the Apostles. But Sirs, stay here, run no farther. Ye are soon stopped. The case is not like pardie. These be but your words. In the Apostles was the Truth in deed, so was it in the Holy Prophets, and those first Blessed men of the Church. The Truth ye boast and crake so much of, is not that Truth. Talk less like Rhetoricians, and prove us that ye have Truth, like honest men. And then talk on: But that can ye never do, so long as ye remain out of the Church, and enemies to the Church.^* But what spend I words in vain? Your hearts be hardened, your Eyes be blinded, your Ears be stopped.

For answeare to all this, ye ioine your selues with Christe and his Apostles, as though yee were gilty herein no more, then they. Presumptuously saide. But the matter is not so answeared. And yet yee runne at large in that common place, and very vainely, or rather Luciferlike, compare your selues with the Apostles. But Sirs, staie here, runne no farther. Yee are soone stopped. The case is not like pardie. These be but your woordes. In the Apostles was the Truthe in deede, so was it in the Holy Prophetes, and those firste Blessed men of the Churche. The Truthe yee boaste and crake so muche of, is not that Truthe. Talke lesse like Rhetoricians, and proue vs that yee haue Truthe, like honest men. And then talke on: But that can ye neuer doo, so longe as ye remaine out of the Churche, and ennemies to the Churche.