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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. 11. Division. 1.Part 5 › The Apologie, Cap. 11. Diuision. 1.
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The Apology, Cap. 11. Division. 1.
The Apologie, Cap. 11. Diuision. 1.
Our Church, say they, cannot err. They speak that (I think) as the Lacedaemonians long sithence used to say, that it was not possible to find any Adulterer in all their Common Health: whereas in deed they were rather all Adulterers, and had no certainty in their Marriages, but had their wives in common amongest them all: Or, as the Canonists at this day, for their bellies sake, use to say of the Pope, 1that, for so much as he is Lord of all Benefices, though he sell for money, Bishoprics, Monasteries, Priesthood, Spiritual Promotions,2 and part with nothing freely, yet because he counteth all his own, he cannot commit Simony, though he would never so fain. But how strongly, & agreeably to reason these things be spoken, we are not as yet able to perceive, except perchance these men have plucked of the wings from the Truth, as the Romans in old time did prune,3 and pinion their Goddess Victory, after they had once gotten her home, to the end, that with the same wings she should never be able, to flee away from them again.
Our Churche, saie thei, cannot erre. They speake that (I thinke) as the Lacedaemonians longe sithence vsed to saie, that it was not possible to finde any Adulterer in al their Common Healthe: whereas in deede they were rather al Adulterers, and had no certaintie in their Marriages, but had their wiues in common amongest them al: Or, as the Canonistes at this daie, for theire bellies sake, vse to saie of the Pope,