A04468:4023
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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An other of your Doctors saith, 1Venalitate Curiae Romanae, inaniter praeficiuntur Lenones, Coqui, Stabularij equorum, & Pueri: Through the bribery of the Court of Rome, Bawds, Cooks, Hostlers, and Children be placed in Offices to govern the Church. Shall we therefore say, as you say, that all your Priests be Fiddlers, and Pipers, Tinkers, and Tapsters?
An other of your Doctours saith, 1Venalitate Curiae Romanae, inaniter praeficiuntur Lenones, Coqui, Stabularij equorum, & Pueri: Through the bribene of the Courte of Rome, Baudes, Cookes, Hostlers, and Children be placed in Offices to gouerne the Churche. Shal wee therefore saie, as you saie, that al your Priestes be Fidlers, and Pipers, Tinkers, and Tapsters?
- 1Aureum Speculum, In Antilogia.
Somme certain of our Clergy be ignorant in the tongues, as yours be: but not ignorant in knowledge, 1as yours be. The worst of them seeth, & lamenteth ⟨p. 602⟩your wilful ignorance. 2S. Augustine saith, Multò minùs malum est, indoctum esse,3 quàm indocilem: Lease hurt is it, to be unlearned, then to be wilful, and unapt to learn. Irenaeus saithe, Melius est, & utilius, idiotas, & parum scientes existere,4 & per Charitatem proximos Deo fieri, quàm putare see multum scire, & multa expertos, in suum Deum blasphemos inueniri: Better is it a great deal, for men to be ignorant, and to know but little, and by love to draw near to God, then to think them selves to know much, and to have great experience, and yet to be found blasphemers against God.