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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 reply, You rather have burnt the Gospel: for that you deny the words of the Gospel. For example ye allege these words of Christ, This is my Body: which words, ye say, of our part are denied. God be thanked, as we have not burnt, so have we not denied any word, or parcel of the Gospel. Touching these words by you alleged, we embrace them, and reverence them, and believe them, even as the Words of Christ. But we embrace them, not as you have fondly racked, & wrested them, and foully abused them, by your vain Constructions: but as Christ meant them, and as the Ancient Catholic Fathers in the Old times have expounded them. 1S. Chrysostom saith, Sacrae Scripturae Verba non vult Deus, ut Simpliciter, sed multa cum prudentia intelligantur: God will not, that we should understand the words of the Holy Scripture simply and plainly, as they lie, but with great wisdom, 2and discretion. Again he saith, Diligenter inuigilandum est: vel potiùs Divina Gratia opus est, ne nudis verbis insistamus. Ita Haeretici in Errorem incidunt: We must take great heed: or rather we have need of the Grace of God, that we rest not upon the bare Words of the Scriptures. For by that means Heretics fall into Error.3 S Augustine saith, Omne Figuratè, aut factum, aut dictum, hoc enuntiat, quod Significat: Every thing that is either done, or spoken in a Figure, showeth forth the same thing, that it Signifieth. S. Hierome saith: Ne puremus in Verbis Scripturarum esse Evangelium, sed in Sensu: Let us not think that the Gospel standeth in the Words of the Scripture, but in the Meaning.
Yée replie, You rather haue burnte the Gospel: for that you denie the woordes of the Gospel. For example ye allege these woordes of Christe, This is my Body: vvhiche vvoordes, ye saie, of our part are denied. God be thāked, as wee haue not burnte, so haue wée not denied any woorde, or parcel of the Gospel. Touchinge these wordes by you alleged, wée embrace them, and reuerence them, and beleue them, euen as the VVoordes of Christe. But wée embrace them, not as you haue fondely rackte, & wreasted them, and fowly abused them, by your vaine Constructions: but as Christe meante them, and as the Aunciente Catholique Fathers in the Olde times haue expounded them. 1