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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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And for that cause he saith, Venissem, Imperator, ad Consistorium Clementiae tuae, &c. O my Lord, I would have made mine appearance at your Consistory, to have uttered these things in your Presence, if either the Bishops, or the People would have suffered me. For they told me, that Matters of Faith ought to be disputed in the Church ⟨p. 689⟩openly before the people. Again he saith, Veniant sanè, si qui sunt, in Ecclesiam: Audiant cum Populo: nō, ut quisquā resideat Judex, sed ut unusquisque de suo affectu habeat examen, & eligat, quem sequatur: Let them hardly come to the Church: let them hearken together with the People: not that any man should sit as Judge: but y• every man may after his own mind examine the matter, & so choose, whom he may follow. Of such Tyranny in Councils Athanasius likewise complaineth: 1Quo jure cō tra nos Synodum ullam constituere potuerunt? Aut qua fronte talem Conuentum Synodum appellare audent, cui Comes Praesedit? Ubi Spiculator apparebat? Ubi Commentariensis, sive Carcerarius pro Diaconis Ecclesiae aduentantes introducebat? Comes imperio utebatur: Nos à Militibus ducebamur: By what Law could they keep a Council against us? Or with what face could they call such an Assembly by the name of a Council? Where as the Lord Lieutenant was President? Where the Hangman was Apparitor? Where the Jailer presented the suitors in stead of the Deacons of the Church? The Lieutenant did all things by Authority and Commandment: We were taken by the Soldiers, and carried to Prison.
And for that cause he saithe, Venissem, Imperator, ad Consistorium Clementiae tuae, &c. O my Lorde, I woulde haue made mine appearance at your Consistorie, to haue vttered these thinges in your Presence, if either the Bishoppes, or the People woulde haue suffered me. For thei tolde me, that Maters of Faith ought to be disputed in the Churche ⟨p. 689⟩openly before the people. Againe he saithe, Veniant sanè, si qui sunt, in Ecclesiam: Audiant cum Populo: nō, vt quisquā resideat Iudex, sed vt vnusquisque de suo affectu habeat examen, & eligat, quem sequatur: Let them hardely comme to the Churche: let them hearken togeather with ye People: not that any man should sitte as Iudge: but y euery man mai after his own minde examine the mater, & so chuse, whom he maie folow. Of sutche Tyrannie in Councelles Athanasius likewise complaineth: