A04468:2815
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 ye say, So far, as a man doth evil, be he Pope, be he Bishop, ye defend him not. The Popes themselves, ye say, be men: and do not always behave themselves, as Angels. Yet notwithstanding, immediately after the say further, Al these were Popes, and Peters Successors, and Holy Fathers. This being true, it is no hard matter, for any Pope to be Holy. 1Pope John 12. was slain in Adultery: Pope Benedictus 9. lived without either Law, or Reason, and defiled Peters Chair, with all kind of shame. Sine Lege, & Ratione vixit, & Petri Sedem omnibus probris foedavit. And in the end he took mon•e enough, and sold the Popedom. Platyna saith, Popes then were elected, not for their Learning, and Holiness, but in respect of Money, and friendship. The Bishops in the Council of Constance pronounce thus of Pope John. 23. A tempore ivventutis suae fuit homo malae indolis, inuerecundus, impudicus, &c. Et adhuc dicitur, tenetur, creditur, & reputatur pro tali, & ut talis: From the time of his youth he hath evermore been a man of il disposition, unshamefaste, unchaste, unhonest, &c. And still hitherto he is named, holden, believed, taken, and reputed for ⟨p. 423⟩such a one, 2and as such a one. Somme of them have lived filthily with their own daughters, and some worse, and in more beastly disorder. Platyna calleth them Monstra, & Portenta, Monsters, and ugly, and horrible, and il shapen Creatures. Yet, say you, all these were Peters Successors, and Holy Fathers. And so must they needs be counted, although they had been a great deal worse. Dame Joan, I trow, ye will have foreprised out of this number. For notwithstanding she were a Holy Mother, yet ye may not well call her the Holy Father.
But ye saie, So far, as a man dooth euil, be he Pope, be he Bishop, ye defende him not. The Popes themselues, ye saie, be menne: and doo not alwaies behaue themselues, as Angels. Yet notwithstandinge, immediately after ye saie further, Al these vvere Popes, and Peters Successours, and Holy Fathers. This beinge true, it is no harde mater, for any Pope to be Holy. 1