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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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M. Harding.
M. Hardinge.
Kings, and Queens, not only might, but ought to subscribe, when they are required.
Kinges, and Quenes, not onely might, but ought to subscribe, when they are required.
The B. of Salisbury.
The B. of Sarisburie.
Here, M. Harding, ye are driven to many shifts. Somme of you say, that Princes Ambassadors, & Civil Magistrates had no right to Subscribe in Council, but only by licence, & sufferance of the Bishops. Somme others have found out a certain difference in Subscriptions. The Bishop, ye say, Subscribed in one Form, & the Civil Magistrate in an other: The Bishop thus, Definiens Subscripsi, By giving my Definitive Sentence, I have Subscribed: The Lay Magistrate thus, Consentiens Subscripsi, Giving Consent hereto, I have Subscribed. Thus have you found out a knot in a rush: & devised a Diversity without a Difference. Certainly in the Old councils there appeareth only one Form of Subscriptions, & no moe. And afterward these Two Words, Definiens, and Consenriens, wherein you imagine so great a difference, were used indifferently, as well of Bishops,