A04468:3223
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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Whether the Scripture be well alleged, or otherwise, thereof, ye say, the people may not Judge. For Christ saith, The Scholar is not above his Master. Certainly, M. Harding, the simplest of all the people, notwithstanding, by your restraint, he may not judge of the Scriptures, yet he may easily judge of you, either that ye understand not, or that ye unadvisedly abuse the Scriptures. Whether it be the Word of God, or no, the people, ye say, may not Judge: And that ye prove even by the Scriptures, God knoweth, full handsomely, and full discreetly applied: For the Scholar (ye say) is not above his Master. Thus we may learn by the Logic of Louvain, that Populus is Latin for a Scholar: & that Scripture is Latin for a Master. And thus by your vain premisses without sense ye proceed vainly, and conclude nothing.
Whether the Scripture bee wel alleged, or otherwise, thereof, ye saie, the people maie not Iudge. For Christe saithe, The Scholar is not aboue his Maister. Certainely, M. Hardinge, the simplest of al the people, notwithstandinge, by youre restrainte, he maie not iudge of the Scriptures, yet he maie easily iudge of you, either that ye vnderstande not, or that ye vnaduifedly abuse the Scriptures. Whether it be the Woorde of God, or no, the people, ye saie, maie not Iudge: And that ye proue euen by the Scriptures, God knoweth, ful handsomely, and ful discretely applied: For the Scholar (ye saie) is not aboue his Maister. Thus we maie learne by the Logique of Louaine, that Populus is Latine for a Scholar: & that Scripture is Latine for a Maister. And thus by youre vaine premisses without sense ye proceede vainely, and conclude nothinge.
O, M. Harding, have some regard to that ye write. The simplest may soon espy your doings. Ye can no longer thus mock the world with shows of words. Christ spake not these words of the understanding of the Scriptures: but of persecution for the Scriptures. For thus the words lie together: When they shall persecute you in one City, flee into an other, &c. The Scholar is not above his Master: Nor the Servant above his Lord. If they have called the Master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they so call his household servants?1