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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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The B. of Salisbury.
The B. of Sarisburie.
It is no new practise, ye say, to kill Heretics. I grant you. Neither is it a new practise, to condemn godly men by the name of Heretics. Your Fathers sometime cried out against Christ the Son of God, We have a Law:1 and by the Law he ought to die. And Christ him self said sometime to Jerusalem the City of blood,2 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the Prophets, and stonest them to death, that he sent unto thee. But S. Augustine saith, Nullis bonis in Catholica hoc placet, 3si usque ad Mortem in quenquam, licet Haereticum, saeviatur: It seemeth good unto no good man in the Catholic Church, that cruelty unto death be showed unto any man, no though he be an Heretic.
It is no newe practise, ye saie, to kille Heretiques. I graunte you. Neither is it a newe practise, to condemne godly menne by the name of Heretiques. Youre Fathers sommetime cried out againste Christe the Sonne of God, Wee haue a Lawe:1 and by the Lawe he ought to die. And Christe him selfe saide sommetime to Hierusalem the Cittie of bloude,2 O Hierusalem, Hierusalem, that killest the Prophetes, and stoanest them to death, that he sent vnto thee. But S. Augustine saithe, Nullis bonis in Catholica hoc placet,