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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.
Emperors, ye say, sate in Councils, as Assessors only, but not as Judges: That is to say, they sate by the Bishops, & held their peace, & told the clock, & said nothing. Yet your Doctors say, Assessor Episcopi non potest esse Laicus: The Assessor of a Bishop may not be a Layman. 1But, touching the matter it self, Eusebius, that was always near about the Emperor Constantine, & wrote his life, and was present at the Council, saith thus: Constantinus, quasi Communis quidam Episcopus à Deo constitutus, Ministrorum Dei Synodos conuocavit: Nec dedignatus est adesse, & considere in medio illorum, consorsque fieri ipsorum, &c. Constantine, as if he had been a Common Bishop appointed by God, called together Councils of God's Ministers: and disdained not him self to sit in the midst amongst them, and to be partaker of their doings. 2Again, Constantinus him self saith thus: Ego intereram Concilio, tanquam unus ex vobis: I was present at the Council amongst you, as one of you. Again Eusebius saith, Unus, & Unicus Deus instituit Constantinum Ministrum suum, & Doctorem Pietatis omnibus terris: The One, and Only God hath appointed Constantine to be his Minister, and the Doctor of true Godliness unto all Nations. And Theodoretus saith, Laudatissimus Rex Apostolicas curas suscipiebat animo suo:3 At Pontifices, nō solùm non ae dificare Ecclesiam, sed etiā illus fundamenta labefactare conabantur: The good Emperor had Apostolic Cares in his heart: But the Bishops did not only not build up the Church of God, but also overthrew the foundations of the same.