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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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In deed, M. Harding, here ye hew over high. Ye take upon you to make us understand Pigghius meaning: & yet by your own Confession it appeareth, ye never knew your self, what he meant. Ye say, He found fault with the unworthiness, either of the Priests, or of the people, ye know not, whether: or with some what else, noted in the late Chapter of Cologne, ye know not, what. Yet what so ever it shall please you to imagine, ye think, you have wrong, if we believe you not immediately upon your word. But Pigghius him self, whose tale ye would so fame tell, saith not, as you would make him say, Abuses have crept into the Priest, or People, But plainly, and simply he saith, Errors have crept into the Mass.
In déede, M. Hardinge, here ye hewe ouer highe. Ye take vpon you to make vs vnderstande Pigghius meaninge: & yet by your owne Confession it appeareth, yée neuer knewe your selfe, what he meante. Ye saie, He founde faulte with the vnwoorthinesse, either of the Priestes, or of the people, ye knowe not, whether: or with some what els, noted in the late Chapter of Colaine, ye knowe not, what. Yet what so euer it shal please you to imagine, ye thinke, you haue wronge, if wee beléeue you not immediately vpon youre woorde. But Pigghius him selfe, whoes tale ye would so fame telle, saithe not, as you woulde make him saie, Abuses haue creapte into the Prieste, or People, But plainely, and simply he saithe, Erroures haue creapte into the Masse.
Howe be it, These Errors, ye say, what so ever they be, no man may redress, but only the Pope. 1And good cause, why. For your Doctors saie, Papa ex nihilo potest facere aliquid: the Pope of nothing can make some thing: And, what so ever he do, no man may say unto him, Domine, cur ita facis? Sir, why do you so? And the very heart, and root of all your Divinity of Louvain is this, Christ hath prayed for Peter: Ergo, the Pope can never err. But if ye mean plainly, and, if there be no dissimulation, nor Hypocrisy in your words, tell me, I beseech you, even as you desire to be believed, Of all the Errors ye Phigghius meant, for the space of these forty years, what one Error hath the Pope redressed? Their is no plainness in this dealing, M. Harding. Your mind is not to seek redress, be the fault never so evident: but still to continue your selves in credit, and the world i error.