A04468:2769
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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Let us grant, there was some error in the report of this story. Yet must every man be condemned for a Fool, and a Liar, that may be taken in like Error? If so, then will M. Harding trouble his Godfathers, and cause them to give him a new name.
Let vs graunte, there was somme erroure in the reporte of this storie. Yet muste euery man be condemned for a Foole, and a Lier, that maie be taken in like Erroure? If so, then wil M. Hardinge trouble his Godfathers, and cause them to geue him a newe name.
S. Chrysostom saith,1 There were twelve Magi, or Wisemenne, that came to Christ: And yet ye hold commonly, they were but three. Clemens Alexandrinus saith, Christ preached but one year: yet others say, he preached three years: others say, he preached four. Somme say, Christ was three and thirty years old, some say, he was four and thirty, when he suffered. Yet Tertullian saith,2 he was Only thirty years old: Irenaeus saith, He was more then forty. Christ saith, My Father is able to give me twelve Legions of Angels: S. Hilary, in the report thereof, a great deal advanceth the number,3 and reckoneth duodecim Millia Legionum, twelve Thousand Legions. Your own Blessed Donation of Constantine, which, ye say, so much irketh us, commandeth the Patriarch of Constantinople to be subject, and obedient to the Bishop of Rome: And yet at that time, when, by your imagination, this Fable was devised,4 there was neither Patriarch, nor Church in Constantinople, nor any City as yet built, and known by that name. Your Follow Dorman allegeth full solemnly the seventh Book of Theodoretus: 5And yet Theodoretus him self never wrote but only ive. And so be leapt two whole Books beyond his Author.