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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.
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,1 as of others: as each man was best affected. Sometime the Bishop Subscribed, Consentiens: Sometime the Layman Subscribed, Definiens, without scruple. In the Council of Chalcedon it is written thus, Ego Dorotheus Episcopus Consensi, & Subscripsi: I Bishop Dorothee have Consented, & Subscribed. Likewise it is written in the Council of Paris, Ego Probianus Episcopus Bituricensis consensi, & Subscripsi: I Probiane the Bishop of Bourges have Consented,2 and Subscribed. Marius Victorinus saithe, Nicenae Fidei multa Episcoporum milia Consenserunt: Many thousand Bishops Consented unto the Nicene Faith.
Here, M. Hardinge, yée are driuen to many shiftes. Somme of you saie, that Princes Embassadours, & Ciuile Magistrates had no right to Subscribe in Councel, but onely by licence, & sufferance of the Bishoppes. Somme others haue found out a certaine difference in Subscriptions. The Bishop, yée saie, Subscribed in one Fourme, & the Ciuile Magistrate in an other: The Bishop thus, Definiens Subscripsi, By geuing my Definitiue Sentence, I haue Subscribed: The Laie Magistrate thus, Consentiens Subscripsi, Geuinge Consente hereto, I haue Subscribed. Thus haue you found out a knotte in a russhe: & diuised a Diuersitie without a Difference. Certainely in the Olde councelles there appeareth onely one Fourme of Subscriptions, & no moe. And afterwarde these Two Woordes, Definiens, and Consenriens, wherein you imagine so greate a difference, were vsed indifferently, as wel of Bishoppes,