A04468:3190
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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M. Harding.
M. Hardinge.
Boast no more of the Gospel. We (I mean the catholic Church) had it, we kept it, and understood it, before the were borne, and before your heresy was heard of.
Boaste no more of the Gospel. VVe (I meane the catholique Churche) had it, we keapte it, and vnderstode it, before ye were borne, and before youre heresie was hearde of.
But a Devil coming from hell (for who is author of division but Satan?) hath carried you away into an other Gospel: whereas in deed there is but one true Gospel. And here let any indifferent man consider, how uprightly you allege S. Paul. You write, that Paul warneth you not to give ear to an Angel coming from heaven,1 if he go about to draw you from any part of this Doctrine. Of which this Doctrine mean you? Of this, which you have declared in this Apology?* Did S. Paul ever read your A pologie? Howe then pronounced he of it that sentence? We mean (say you) by this Doctrine, the Doctrine of the Gospel. If you mean so, we say the same. But we tell you, that S. Paul spake not of every Gospel generally, but of a certain Gospel qualified. For he saieth, Si quis vobis evangelizaverit praerer id quod accepistis, anathema sit: If any man preach a Gospel unto you besides that ye have received, be he accursed. Hear you the Gospel S. Paul speaketh of? It is not every Gospel. It is a Gospel preached and received. If ye preach that Gospel, which ye received, we join hands with you. But if ye preach a Gospel which ye have received of no Apostle, nor Apostolic preacher, and which was not heard of in the earth, when Luther ran out of his Cloister, and forsook his Religion: then be ye assured, that ye are the men, who are holden for accursed of S. Paul.