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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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Therefore we think it better, to examine, & try the grounds of your Religion by the Word of God, that is one, and Uniform, and endureth for ever, then by your touch of Rome, that is so uncertain, and so mutable, and so often hath deceived us.1 S. Cyprian saithe, Si ad Divinae Traditionis Caput, & Originem revertamur, cessat error humanus: If we return to the Head, and Original of the heavenly Tradition (which is the Word of God) all human error giveth place.
Therefore wée thinke it better, to examine, & trie the groundes of your Religion by the VVoorde of God, that is one, and Vniforme, and enduereth for euer, then by your touche of Rome, that is so vncertaine, and so mutable, and so often hathe deceiued vs.1 S. Cyprian saithe, Si ad Diuinae Traditionis Caput, & Originem reuertamur, cessat error humanus: If wee returne to the Heade, and Original of the heauenly Tradition (which is the VVoord of God) al humaine errour geueth place.
- 1Cyprian. ad Pompeium.
Touching the rest of your needless talk, our Brethren in France, whom in your pleasant manner ye call Huguenots, burnt not the Body of Irenaeus. They knew, he was a Blessed Martyr of God: and his Body sometime the Temple of the Holy Ghost. Without any reproach, or villainy, either done, or meant to that Holy Father, if they burnt any thing, which also may well be doubted, they burnt only an Idol, that you had so unreverently set up against the Glory of God. 1Chrysostom saith, Joseph moriens air, Ossa mea efferetis hinc vobiscum: Ne Aegyptij memores beneficiorum eius, Corpus Justi haberent in occasionem Impietatis: Joseph lying in his death bed, said unto his Children, and Nephews, ye shall carry my bones with you forth out of Egypt: Lest the Egyptians remembering the good things, he had done, should use that good mans Body to an occasion of Wickedness, or Idolatry.