A04468:4255
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.
Ovi• again we tell le you, M. Harding, we confound not these Offices: notwithstanding you so often, and so lewdly report us, to your own discredit. 1Our Princes never took upon them, y• Office of Bishops: But your Bishops have taken upon them the Office of Princes. Of your Bishops it is written in your own Councelles:* Ecce, jam pe•e nulla est acti• […], quam non Sacerdotes administrent: Behold, there is now in a […] no […] affair, but Priests, and Bishops •ave it in hand. Such Bishops be they, of whom S. Chrysostom writeth thus,3 Qui non credunt Judicium Dei, nec timen•, abutentes Primatu suo Ecclesiastico saeculariter, conuertunt eum in saecularem: They that neither believe, nor fear the Judgement of God, […] their Ecclesiastical Dignity in Secular sort, turn the same into Secular Dignity: Such Bishops they be, of whom S. Hierome saith thus, Ipsi sibi & Laici sunt, & Episcopi: They them selves be to them selves both Laymen, and Bishops too. And again, Adorant Dominum, & Melchom, qui Saecedo pariter, & Domino putant se posse seruire, & duobus Dominis satisfacere, Deo, & Mammonae: qui Militantes Christo, obligant sese negotijs Saecularibus, & candem Imaginem offerunt & Deo, & Caesari: They worship the Lord, and Melchom both together, thinking, that they may serve both the World, 4and the Lord, and satisfy two Masters at once, God, and Mammon: who fighting under Christ, bind them selves to worldly affairs, and offer up one Image both to God, and to Caesar.