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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.
The Office of a King, ye say, was no more in King Henry the Eighth, or in Charles the Fifth, then it was in the Heathen Princes, Julius Caesar, or Alexander the Great. And therefore, ye say, a Christian Princes Office standeth only in Matters Temporal: and for that cause ye so often call him a Mere, Lay, Temporal Prince: as if he were in Authority not much better, then an Heathen Magistrate.
The Office of a Kinge, yée saie, was no more in Kinge Henry the Eighth, or in Charles the Fifthe, then it was in the Heathen Princes, Iulius Caesar, or Alexander the Greate. And therefore, yée saie, a Christian Princes Office standeth onely in Maters Temporal: and for that cause yee so often calle him a Mere, Laie, Temporal Prince: as if he were in Authoritie not mutche better, then an Heathen Magistrate.
Even so, M. Harding, is your Pope no more a Bishop, or perhaps, much less a Bishop, then Annas, and Caiaphas: Neither is your Priest more a Priest, then the Priest of Dagon, or Baal. The difference standeth, not in Office, but only in Truth. Yet nevertheless, ye know, that Heathen Princes had evermore a Sovereign Authority, not only over their Priests, and Bishops, but also over all Cases of Religion. 1Aristotle saith, [Greek or Hebrew]: The King, that is Lord, and Ruler of things, that pertain unto the Goddes.