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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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Touching the authority of Councils, 1S. Augustine saithe, Ipsa plenaria Concilia saepè priora à posterioribus emendantur, cùm aliquo experimento aperitur, quod clausum e•at: The very General Councils are often corrected, the former by the later, as often as by trial and experience the thing is opened, that before was shut. Likewise Panormitane saith, Plus credendum est uni privato fiddly, quàm toti Concilio, & Papae, si meliorem habeat authoritatem, vel rationem: We ought to give more credit to one private •aye man,2 then to the whose Council, and to the Pope, if he bring better authority, and more reason. If the Counsel be wicked, and carried with malice, as many have been, specially within these few late hundred years, We say, as the Prophet Isaiah saith, Inite Consilium, & dissipabitur: Loquimini verbum, & non stabit: quia nobiscum est Dominus: Take Counsel together, and it shall be broken: Speak the word, and it shall not hold: For the Lord is with us.
Touchinge the authoritie of Councels, 1S. Augustine saithe, Ipsa plenaria Concilia saepè priora à posterioribus emendantur, cùm aliquo experimento aperitur, quod clausum e•at: The very General Councels are often corrected, the former by the later, as often as by trial and experience the thing is opened, that before was shut. Likewise Panormitane saithe, Plus credendum est vni priuato fideli, quàm toti Concilio, & Papae, si meliorem habeat authoritatem, vel rationem: Wee ought to geue more credite to one priuate •aye man,2 then to the whose Councel, and to the Pope, if he bringe better authoritie, and more reason. If the Counsel be wicked, and carried with malice, as many haue benne, specially within these fewe late hundred yeres, We saie, as the Prophete Esai saithe, Inite Consilium, & dissipabitur: Loquimini verbum, & non stabit: quia nobiscum est Dominus: Take Counsel togeather, and it shalbe broken: Speake the woorde, and it shal not holde: For the Lorde is with vs.