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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.
So that ye make not the Pope an Absolute God, ye think, ye may otherwise call him God safely, and without prejudice. A proper shift, to maintain a vain man in the possession of his Godhead. 1234567In such a pleasant imagination Antiochus sometime the king of Syria, entitled him self by the name of God. So the Emperor Domitian used to assign his Proclamations: Dominus Deus vester Domitianus: Your Lord God Domitian. So the Emperor Caligula called him selfe, Deum optimum Maximum, & Jovem Latialem: The Best, and most mighty God, and the great God Jupiter of Italy: So Sapores, the great king of Persia, called him self, Fratrem Solis, & Lunae: The brother of the Sun, and the Moon: So the peevish Physician Menecrates called him self Jupiter: So Nicostratus called him self Hercules: So Nicagoras made him self a pair of wings, and would needs be called the God Mercurius: So Manichaeus the Heretic called him self the Holy Ghost: So the Romans in old times erected up an Image in the honour of Simon Magus the Sorcerer, with this Inscription, or Posee, Simoni Sancto Deo: In the honour of Simon the Holy God. By this your so handsome Distinction, M. Harding, of God Absolute, and God not Absolute, I see not, but every of these might well, and safely have maintained his title without blame.