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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. 13. Division. 1.Part 5 › The Apologie, Cap. 13. Diuision. 1.
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The Apology, Cap. 13. Division. 1.
The Apologie, Cap. 13. Diuision. 1.
But, wherefore, I pray you, have they themselves, the Citizens, and dwellers of Rome, removed, and come down from those Seven Hills, whereupon Rome sometime stood, to dwell rather in the Plain, called the field of Mars? They will say peradventure, because the conducts of Matter, wherewithout men cannot commodiously live, have now failed, and are dried up in those Hills. Well then, let them give us like leave in seeking the Water of Eternal Life, that they give them selves in seeking the Water of the well. For that Water verily failed amongest them. The Elders of the lewes, saith Jeremiah, 1sent their little ones to the Waterings: and they, finding no Water, being in miserable case, and utterly lost for thirst, brought home again their vessels empty. The needy, and poor folk, 2saith Isaiah, sought about for Water: but no where found they any: their tongue was even withered with ⟨p. 573⟩thirst. Even so these men have broken in pieces all the pipes, and conduits: they have stopped up all the springs, and choked up the Fountain of Living Water with dirt, and mire. And, as Caligula, many years past, locked up fast all the storehouses of corn in Rome, & thereby brought a general dearth and famine amongest the people, even so these men, by damming up all the Fountains of God's Word, have brought the people into a pitiful thirst. They have brought into the world,3 as saith the Prophet Amos, a Hunger, and a Thirst: nor the Hunger of Bread, nor the Thirst of Water, but of hearing the Word of God. With great distress went they scattering about, seeking some spark of heavenly light, to refresh their consciences withal: but that light was already thoroughly quenched out, so that they could find none. This was a rueful state: This was a lamentable form of God's Church. It was a misery, to live therein, without the Gospel, without Light, and without all Comfort.