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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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Justinian the Emperor in his Law commandeth, That the Priest, or Bishop in pronouncing the Public Prayers, and in the Ministration of the Sacraments, lift up his voice, and speak aloud, that the people may say, Amen, and be stirred to more Devotion: Again, he saith, as it is noted in the Gloss upon the Authentics, Papa Temporalibus immiscere se non debet: 1The Pope may not intermeddle with Temporal Causes:
Iustinian the Emperoure in his Lavve commaundeth, That the Prieste, or Bishop in pronouncinge the Publique Praiers, and in the Ministration of the Sacramentes, lifte vp his voice, and speake alowde, that the people maie saie, Amen, and be sturred to more Deuotion: Againe, he saithe, as it is noted in the Glose vpon the Authentiques, Papa Temporalibus immiscere se non debet: 1The Pope maie not intermeddle with Temporal Causes:
- 1Authen. Titul. 123.
In the same Laws, 1the same Emperor Justinian saith, We Command the most Holy Archbishops, and Patriarchs, of Rome, of Constantinople, of Alexandria, of Antioch, and of Jerusalem: The same Emperor Justinian commandeth, That all Monks,2 either be driven to study the Scriptures, or else be forced to Bodily Labour: Carolus Magnus made a Law, That nothing should be read openly in the Church, saving only the Canonical Books of the Holy Scriptures: And that the Faithful People should receive the Holy Communion every Sunday. I leave the rehearsal of infinite other like Examples.
In the same Lawes, 1