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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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Ye magnify your Church of Rome, and say, It shieth on high upon the Mount. Yet S. Bernard saith to the Pope, and his Clergy, as it is alleged before, Vos estis Tenebrae Mundi: Ye are the Darkness of the World. Therefore ye may not well vaunt your selves so much of the brightness of your Beams. As for that, ye call our Church the Synagogue of Lucifer, and Antichrist, we may well suffer it to blow ever, as the vain unsavoury smoke of some impatient Choleric humour. Our cause is not the worse, M. Harding, in the Judgement of the wise, for that you have learned so readily to speak il.
Ye magnifie your Churche of Rome, and saie, It shieth on highe vpon the Mounte. Yet S. Bernarde saithe to the Pope, and his Cleregie, as it is alleged before, Vos estis Tenebrae Mundi: Ye are the Darkenesse of the VVorlde. Therefore ye maie not wel vaunte your selues so mutche of the brightnesse of your Beames. As for that, ye cal our Churche the Synagoge of Lucifer, and Antichriste, we maie wel suffer it to blowe euer, as the vaine vnsauery smoke of somme impatiente Cholerique humoure. Our cause is not the woorse, M. Hardinge, in the Iudgemente of the wise, for that you haue learned so readily to speake il.
But what Lovanian vanity is this, to say, The Members of the Church of Christ abide in the Unity of the Pope? What Scripture, or Doctor, or Father ever told you of such Unity? S. Paul saith, We are alone not in the Pope, but) in Christ Jesus. And what so great Unity, can you say, there is, or hath been in your Popes? 1Platyna saith, Post Stephanum semper haec consuetudo seruata est, ut acta Priorum Pontificum sequentes ant infringereat, aut omnino' tollerent: It hath been an ordinary custom among the Popes ever sithence the time of Pope Stevin, that the Popes, that followed afterword, would evermore either break, or abolish the Acts of the Popes,2 that had been before them. Erasmus saith, Johannes. 22. & Nicolaus totis Decretis inter se pugnant, idque in his, quae videntur ad Fidei negotium pertinere: Pope John. 22. and Pope Nicolas in their whole Decrees are contrary the one against the other: yea, and that in matters, that seem to belong to cases of the Faith.