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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
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Ye say,1 your Bishops are gay, and gallant, attended, and guarded with Princelike routes, both behind, and before: And thereof ye make no small account, specially in respect of our estate, which you call beggarly. In such disdain the Heathens sometime said, That Christ was the Beggerliest, and ⟨p. 641⟩poorest of all the Gods that were in Heaven. 2How be it, our Bishoprics, saving that certain of your Fathers have shamefully spoiled them, are now, even as they were before. Certainly y• Poorest Bishopric in England, as it is reported, is better in revenues, theli some three of your Popes Italian Bishoprics in the Kingdom of Naples. How be it, the Gospel of Christ standeth not by Richesse, but by Truth. In comparison of the one, we make small reckoning of the other.
Yee saie,1 your Bishoppes are gaie, and gallante, attended, and garded with Princelike routes, bothe behinde, and before: And thereof yée make no smal accoumpte, specially in respecte of our estate, whiche you calle beggerly. In sutche disdeigne the Heathens sommetime saide, That Christe was the Beggerliest, and ⟨p. 641⟩poorest of al the Goddes that were in Heauen. 2How be it, our Bishoprikes, sauinge that certaine of your Fathers haue shamefully spoiled them, are nowe, euen as they were before. Certainely y• Poorest Bishoprike in Englande, as it is reported, is better in reuenewes, theli somme thrée of your Popes Italian Bishoprikes in the Kingedome of Naples. How be it, the Gospel of Christe standeth not by Richesse, but by Truthe. In comparison of the one, wée make smal reckeninge of the other.
- 1Aventinus. Le. 3. De Ruperto, Christum omnium Deorum esse pauperrimum.