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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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M. Harding.
M. Hardinge.
Nay Sirs, your selves may with more reason be likened to Enchanters, Necromancers, and Witches. For as they say, that they have their Books, and their mysteries from those Doctors, and first Fathers, and from Raphael the Archangel, but cannot show the delivery thereof by any succession from hand to hand, as for example, who received the same from Raphael, from Adam, from Abel, &c. and who kept them from time to time: so ye say also, that ye have your Gospel, and every part of your Doctrine from the Apostles, from Christ, from the Prophets, from the Patriarchs, from heaven, from Gods own bosom,1 who is Father of lights. But ye cannot shows us your lawful succession, by whom, and by whose preaching, as by hands, it came down along from Christ and his Apostles unto you.‡ Where lay your sacramentary Doctrine hidden between the time of your Prophet Zuinglius, and your Patriarch Berengarius? Howe, and by what delivery from hand to hand continued the same those five hundred years? She we us your succession. Where be your Bishops, where be your Churches?
Nay Sirs, your selues maie with more reason be likened to Enchaunters, Necromancers, and VVitches. For as they saie, that they haue their Bookes, and their mysteries from those Doctours, and firste Fathers, and from Raphael the Archangel, but cannot shewe the deliuery thereof by any succession from hand to hande, as for example, who receiued the same from Raphael, from Adam, from Abel, &c. and who kept them from time to time: so ye saie also, that ye haue your Gospel, and euery part of your Doctrine from the Apostles, from Christe, from the Prophetes, from the Patriarkes, from heauen, from Gods owne bosome,1 who is Father of lightes. But ye cannot shewes vs your lauful succession, by whom, and by whose preachinge, as by handes, it came downe alonge from Christe and his Apostles vnto you.