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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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It is true,1 that ye say, In the Holy Scriptures this word, Al, is often used in stead of, Many. And thus, ye say, it fared with the Synagogue of the Jews: for that then the Faithful were sometimes brought unto a small number: sometimes were utterly decayed, and consumed to nought. And in this sense, ye say, Elijah complained,2 that the Prophets of God were all slain, & he only le•te alive.
It is true,1 that ye saie, In the Holy Scriptures this woorde, Al, is often vsed in steede of, Many. And thus, ye saie, it fared with the Synagog of the Ievves: for that then the Faithful were sommetimes broughte vnto a smal number: sommetimes were vtterly decaied, and consumed to nought. And in this sense, ye saie, Elias cōplained,2 that the Prophetes of God were al slaine, & he onely le•te aliue.
- 1The Church in few.The Churche in fevve.
- 23. Regum. 19.
But now, ye say, the Church may not be brought to a few. For God hath given to Christ his Son the ends of the world to be his possession. Yet Christ him self, that best knew the reach, and limits of his possession, saith thus, When the Son of Man shall come, 1think you, he shall find Faith in the world? Whereupon S. Ambrose saithe, Tunc Fides rara: Ut ipse, quasi addubitans, Dominus ista dixerit: Then shall Faith be geason: So that our Lord spake these words, as doubting thereof, whether there should be any Faithful left, or no. And S. John in his Revelations saith, Mulier fugit in solitudinem, ubi habet locum paratum à Deo: The woman (whereby is meant, not the Synagogue of the Jews, but the Church of Christ) fleeth into the wilderness: where she hath a place provided of God. By which words is meant, that in time of Ignorance, and Persecution, the Church is without Countenance,