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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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Even with such truth, M. Harding, are you wont to blaze the Arms of your Religion. There is no toy so vain, or so fabulous, but ye are able by your conning to bring it lineally, either from Christ him self, or from his Apostles, or from one, or other of the Ancient Fathers. The Bishop of Sidon in y• Late diet of the Empire holden at Augusta, 1avouched openly that ye had your whole Canon from the Apostles of Christ, word by word, even as it is peevishly written in your Mass Books. Andreas Barbatius proveth the Antiquity of y• Cardinals of Rome, 2by these words written in the first Book of the Kings, Domini sunt Cardines Terrae: Et posuit super eos Orbem: The Corners of the Earth be the Lords: and upon them he hath set the world, Abbot Panormitane saithe, Cardinalatus est de Jure Divino: Quia Papa per Sacerdotes Leviticos intelligit Cardinals: The Cardinalship standeth by the Law of God: 3For the Pope by the Levitical Priests understandeth his Cardinals. 4Hosius seemeth to say, that Monks have their beginning even from the Apostles, meaning thereby, as one of your Companions there doth, in favour, I trow, of Religion, that Christ him self was the Abbot. For thus he saith,5 Christus Dux, & exemplar vitae Monasticae: Christ was the Captain, and sampler of Monks life. And yet the same man afterward, as having forgotten his former dream, utterly displaceth Christ, & giveth the whole honour hereof unto Elijah, & Elizaeus: These be his words, Elijah, & Elizaeus Duces instituti Benedictini: Elijah, and Elizaeus were y• Captains of S. Benet's order, y• is to say, they were Black Monks? By like wisdom ye would seem to fetch your Holy Water from S. Augustine. This was sometime a jolly good way to win credit, specially whiles, what so ever ye said, y• people was ready to give you care. So y• old Arcades said in commendation of their Antiquity, y they were a day, or two elder then the Moon. Saturnus