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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. 21. Division. 1.Part 4 › The Apologie, Cap. 21. Diuision. 1.
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The Apology, Cap. 21. Division. 1.
The Apologie, Cap. 21. Diuision. 1.
And yet, as though this were too little, they also burn the Holy Scriptures, as in times paste wicked King Aza, or as Antiochus, or Maximinus did, and are wont to name them Heretics Books. 1And out of doubt, as it seemeth, they would do, as Herod in old time did in Jewry, that he might with more surety keep still his usurped Dominion. Who being an Idumean borne, and a stranger to the stock, and kindred of the Jews, and yet coveting much to be taken for a Jew, to the end he might establish to him, and his Posterity the Kingdom of that Country, which he had gotten of Augustus Caesar, he commanded all the Genealogies, and Pedigrees to be burnt, and made out of the way, so that there should remain no record, whereby it might be known to them that came after, that he was an Alien in blood: whereas even from Abraham's time these monuments had been safely kept amongest the Jews, and laid up in their treasury: because in them it might easily, and most assuredly be found, of what linage every one did descend. So (in good faith) do these men, when they would have all their own doings in estimation, as though they had been delivered to us even from the Apostles, or from Christ him self: to the end there might be found no where any thing able to convince such their dreams, and lies, either they burn the Holy Scriptures, or else they craftily convey them from the people.
And yet, as though this were too litle, they also burne the Holy Scriptures, as in times paste wicked Kinge Aza, or as Antiochus, or Maximinus did, and are woonte to name them Heretiques Bookes.