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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
Part 5 › The Apology, Cap. 10. Division. 2.Part 5 › The Apologie, Cap. 10. Diuision. 2.
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The Apology, Cap. 10. Division. 2.
The Apologie, Cap. 10. Diuision. 2.
And yet, whatsoever it be, these men cry still, that nothing ought to be changed: that mens minds are well satisfied here withal: that the Church of Rome, the Church, which cannot err, hath decreed these things. For Sylvester Prieriàs saith, that the Romish Church is the Squire, and Rule of Truth, & that the Holy Scripture hath received from thence Authority, and Credit. The Doctrine, saith he, of the Romaine Church, is the infallible Rule of Faith, from the which the Holy Scripture taketh her force. And Indulgences, and Pardons (saith he) are not made known to us by the Authority of the Scriptures, but they are known to us by the Authority of the Romaine Church, and of the Bishops of Rome, which is greater, then the Scriptures. Pigghius also letteth not to say, that without the licence of the Romaine Church, we ought not to believe the very Plain Scriptures: Much like as if any of those, that cannot speak pure, and clean Latin, and yet can babble out quickly, and readily a little some such Law Latin, as serveth the Court, would needs hold, that all others ought also to speak after the same way, that Mammetrectus, and Catholicon spake many years ago, and which themselves do yet use in pleading in Court: for so may it be understood sufficiently, what is said, & mens desires may be satisfied: & that it is a fondness, now in the later end, to trouble the world with a new kind of speaking, and to call again the old fineness and eloquence, that Cicero, and Caesar used in their days in the Latin tongue. So much are these men beholden to the folly, & darkness of the former times.1 Many things, as one writeth, are had in estimation oftentimes, because they have been once dedicate to the Temples of the Heathen Gods: Even so we see at this day, many things allowed, & highly set by of these men, not because they judge them so much worth, but only because they have been received into a custom, and after a sort dedicate to the Temple of God.