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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
Part 4 › The Apology, Cap. 13. Division. 1.Part 4 › The Apologie, Cap. 13. Diuision. 1.
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The Apology, Cap. 13. Division. 1.
The Apologie, Cap. 13. Diuision. 1.
But lest some man should say, that the foresaid things happened only in the time of the Law, of Shadows, and of Infancy, when the Truth lay hid under Figures, and Ceremonies, when nothing as yet was brought to perfection, when the Law was not graven in mens hearts, but in stone; (And yet were that but a foolish distinction) for even at those days there was the very same God, that is now, the same Spirit, the same Christ, the same Faith, the ⟨p. 444⟩same Doctrine,1 the same Hope, the same Inheritance, the same Covenant, and the same Efficacy and Virtue of Gods Word: Eusebius also saith, Al the Faithful, even from Adam until Christ, were in deed very Christians, though they were not so termed): But, as I said, lest men should thus say still, Paul the Apostle found the like faults, & falls even then in the prime, and chief of the Gospel, in the greattest perfection, & in the light: so that he was compelled to write in this sort to the Galatians, whom he had well before instructed: I feare me (quod he) leste I have laboured amongest you to small purpose, and lest ye have heard the Gospel in vain. O my little Children, of whom I travail anew, till Christ be fashioned again in you: And as for the Church of the Corinthians, how foully it was defiled, it is nothing needful to rehearse. Now tell me, might the Churches of the Galatians, and Corinthians go amiss, and the Church of Rome alone may it not fail nor go amiss?
But leste somme man should saie, that the foresaid thinges happened onely in the time of the Lawe, of Shadowes, and of Infancie, when the Truth lay hid vnder Figures, and Ceremonies, when nothing as yet was brought to perfection, when the Lawe was not grauen in mennes hartes, but in stone; (And yet were that but a foolishe distinctiō) for euen at those daies there was the very same God, that is nowe, the same Spirite, the same Christe, the same Faith, the