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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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Hereunto ye thought it good, to add more force, as a supply, to aide your wants. Christ said unto Peter, I have prayed for thee, that thy Faith shall never fail. Ergo, say you, The Pope can never err. This way of reasoning, I trow, ye Learned of Peter de Palude a worthy Doctor of your side. For so he reasoneth: Ego rogavi pro te,1 Petre, ut Fides tua non deficiat. Ex quo habetur, quòd Romana Ecclesia in Fide errare non potest: nec de eius Fide dubitare licet: Sed in omnibus est sequenda: Peter, I have Prayed for thee, that thy Faith may not fail. By these words we are taught, that the Church of Rome cannot err in Faith. Neither is it lawful to doubt of the Faith of that Church: but in all causes we are bound to follow it. 2But S. Augustine saith, Nunquid pro Petro rogabat: pro Johanne, & Jacobo non rogabat? Ut coeteros raceam: To leave the rest, did Christ Pray for Peter? and did he not Pray for John, and James? Again he saith, 3Hac nocte postulavit Satanas vexare vos, ficut triticum: & egorogavi Patrem pro vobis, ne deficiat Fides Vestra: This night hath Satan begged to thresh you, as if it were wheat: but I have Prayed to my Father (not for Peter only, but) for you, that your Faith may not fail. So saith Origen, Nunquid audebimus dicere, quòd aduersus unum Petrum non praevaliturae sint portae Inferorum: aduersus coeteros autem Apostolos,4 ac Praefectos Ecclesiae sint praevaliturae? An Petro Soli dantur à Christo Claves Regni Coelorum? Nec alius Beatorum quisquam ⟨p. 431⟩eas accepturus est? Omnia, quaeque priùs dicta sunt, quaeque sequuntur, Velut ad Petrum dicta, sunt omnium Communia: May we dare to say, that the gates of Hell shall not prevail Only against Peter: but shall prevail against the other Apostles, and Rulers of the Church? Were the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven given only to Peter? And shall no Holy man else receive the same? Nay, all the things, both that were said before, and also that follow after, as spoken to Peter, are Common, and belong unto all. Therefore, as ye say of the Church of Rome, so may we say likewise of the Church of Jerusalem, where S. James was: and of the Church of Ephesus, where S.