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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. 19. & 20. Division. 1.Part 4 › The Apologie, Cap. 19. & 20. Diuision. 1.
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What then shall I say here, O ye principal Posts of Religion, O ye Archegovernours of Christs Church: is this that your reverence, which ye give to God's Word? The Holy Scriptures, which S. Paul saith, came by the inspiration of God, which God did commend by so many Miracles, wherein are the most perfect prints of Christs own steppes, which all the Holy Fathers, Apostles, & Angels, which Christ him self the Son of God, as often as was needful, did allege for testimony and proof, will ye, as though they were vilwoorthy for you to hear, did them Avaunt? That is, will ye enjoin God to keep silence, who speaketh to you most clearly by his own mouth in the Scriptures?
What then shal I saie heere, O ye principal Postes of Religion, O ye Archegouernours of Christes Churche: is this that your reuerence, whiche yee geue to Goddes VVoorde? The Holy Scriptures, whiche S. Paule saithe, came by the inspiration of God, whiche God did commende by so many Miracles, wherein are the moste perfite printes of Christes owne steppes, whiche al the Holy Fathers, Apostles, & Angels, whiche Christe him selfe the Sonne of God, as often as was needeful, did allege for testimonie and proufe, wil ye, as though they were vilwoorthy for you to heare, did them Auaunt? That is, wil ye enioine God to keepe silence, who speaketh to you moste clearely by his owne mouthe in the Scriptures?
Or, that Word, whereby alone, as Paul saith, we are reconciled to God, and which, the Prophet David saith, is Holy, and Pure, and shall last for ever, will ye call that but a bare, and dead Letter? Or will ye say, that all our labour is lost, which is bestowed in that thing, which Christ hath commanded us diligently to search, and to have evermore before our eyes? And will ye say, that Christ, & the Apostles meant with subtlety to deceive the people, when they exhorted them to read the Holy Scriptures, that thereby they might flow in all wisdom, and knowledge? No marvel at all, though these men despise us, and all our doings, seeing they set so little by God him self, and his infallible sayings. Yet was it but want of wit in them, to the intent they might hurt us, to do so extreme injury to the Word of God.