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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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The B. of Salisbury.
The B. of Sarisburie.
King Hezekiah, ye say, and other Kings followed the advise, and Judgement of the Priests, and Prophets. This tale, M. Harding, is not only unlikely, but also untrue. For ye know, that Isaiah, and Elizaeus, notwithstanding they were the Prophets of God, yet were they neither Priests, nor Bishops, nor had any manner of Ordinary Ministration in the Church. The Bishops, and Priests, of whom ye speak, had disordered, and wasted God's whole Religion. The Holy place of God was full of filthiness: the Gates of the Temple were shut up,1 that no man might enter in: The people had turned away their faces from the Tabernacle of the Lord: There was no Incense: There was no Sacrifice. Al these things had happened through the negligence, and wickedness of the Priests. 2In the Old Latin Text it is written thus: Sacerdotes, & Levitae tandem Sanctificati obtulerunt Holocausta: The Priests, and Levites, at the last, or with much ado, were Sanctified, and offered up Sacrifices. Upon which place the Later Translation saith thus: Sacerdotes, & Levitae pudore suffusi, Sanctificaverunt see: The Priests, and Levites, even for very shame, Sanctified them selves. So ready were they, to call upon, and to further the King in his godly purpose. They held back, what they could, and yielded to nothing, but with much ado, and for very shame. They did nothing, but by the Kings Commandment: and made him a reckoning of their doings.