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…

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.⁶ And again he telleth us a proper tale, of the terrible Examples of two kings, Uzziah, and Oza: And yet both he, and his Fellows might soon have learned, that Oza was only a poor Levite, and no King.

S. Chrysostome saithe,¹ There were tvvelue Magi, or VVisemenne, that came to Christe: And yet ye holde commonly, they were but three. Clemens Alexandrinus saithe, Christe preached but one yeere: yet others saie, he preached three yeeres: others saie, he preached foure. Somme saie, Christe was three and thirtie yéeres olde, somme saie, he was foure and thirtie, when he suffered. Yet Tertullian saithe,