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…

S. ¹Augustine saithe, Non dicat, Ideo verum est, quia illa, vel illa mirabilia fecit, vel iste, vel ille: aut quia homines ad memorias mortuorum nostrorum orant, & exaudiuntur: aut quia illa, vel illa ibi contingunt, &c. Removeantur ista, vel Figmenta ⟨p. 700⟩mendacium hominum,² vel portenta Fallacium Spirituum: Let no man say, Therefore it is true, for that this man, or that man hath wrought this, or that Miracle: or, for that men make their Prayers at the Tombs of our dead, and obtain their desires: or, for that these, or these Miracles be wrought there &c. Away with these things: they may be either the Jugglings, and Mockeries of deceitful men, or else Illusions of Lying Sprites.³ Again, S. Chrysostom saith, Per Signa cognoscebatur, qui essent Veri Christiani, qui Falsi. Nunc autem Signorum operatio omnino' levata est: Magis autem inuenitur apud eos, qui falsi sunt Christiani: In old times it was known by Miracles, who were the True Christians, and who the False. But now the working of Miracles is taken quite away: and is rather found among them, that be false Christians. ⁴Therefore S. Augustine saith, Contra istos Mirabiliarios cautum me fecit Deus meus, dicendo: In novissimis diebus exurgent Pseudoprophetae facientes Signa, & Portenta, ut inducant in errorem, si fieri possit, etiam Electos: Againste these Mongers of Miracles my God hath armed me, ⁵saying: In the later days there shall rise up False Prophets working Signs, and wonders, to deceive the Elect of God, if it be possible.

S. ¹Augustine saithe, Non dicat, Ideo verum est, quia illa, vel illa mirabilia fecit, vel iste, vel ille: aut quia homines ad memorias mortuorum nostrorum orant, & exaudiuntur: aut quia illa, vel illa ibi contingunt, &c. Remoueantur ista, vel Figmenta