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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.
In deed Christ hath ordained Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, & Teachers, for the government of his Church: notwithstanding y• same be not always allowed to sit in Councils, nor be always known by Rochets, or Mitres. If God had not provided other Pastors, & Feeders, besides your Prelates, the whole Church might starve for hunger. S. Pauls Words be true: but your idle Constructions are untrue. We find not fault with God's Ordinance: but we rejoice in God's Mercy, for that it hath pleased him, to visit his people, and to discover the multitude of these Vanities, wherewith you have so long, and so uncourteously beguiled the world. Therefore we correct not Magnificat, M. Harding, as you say: but rather we humbly singe, Te Deum laudamus, and rejoice in God our Saviour. The right, & only way of building God's House, is, to lay the Foundation thereof upon y• Everlasting word, and vvil of God. 1S. Paul saith, Other Foundation no man can lay, but the same, that is said already: which is Christ Jesus, The Prophet Isaiah saith, To the Law (of God) and to the Testimony. If they speak not according to this Word, they shall have no morning Light. Therefore S. Hilary saith, as it is alleged in the Apology, Aliter extruenda, 2aliter custodienda Ecclesia est: Fundamentum eius super Prophetas, & Apostolos collocandum est. Ecclesia ita à Deo, id est, Doctrinis Dei aedificata, non concidet: Otherwise must the Church be built, and otherwise must it be kept. The Foundation of it must be said upon the Apostles, and Prophets. The Church being thus built by God, that is to say, by the Doctrine of God, shall never false.