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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.
Lanfrancus, Evimondus, Abbas Cluniacensis, Thomas Waldensis, John Fisher, and other your like Doctors, M. Harding, are over young, all within the space of this last five hundred years, far unlike S. Augustine, S. Hierome, S. Ambrose, S. Chrysostom, and others the Ancient Learned Fathers, & Doctors of the Church. Neither is there any sufficient cause to the contrary, but that Berengarius, John Wycliffe, John Hus, Doctor Luther, Zwinglius, Oecolampadius, & others, either for Learning, or for Truth, or for Judgement in the Scriptures, or for Antiquity may well & safely be compared with them. At the least I hope we may say of them, as S. Augustine once said of the Doctors, & Fathers of his time:1 Neque quorumliber Disputationes, quamuis Catholicorum, & laudatorum hominum, velut Scripturas Canonicas habere debemus: ut nobis non liceat, salua honorificentia, quae illis debetur, aliquid in eorum Scriptis improbare, aut respuere: si fortè inuenerimus, quòd aliter selfserint; quàm Veritas habet: Neither weigh we the writings of all mean, be they never, so worthy, and Catholic, as we weigh the Canonical Scriptures: but that, saving the reverence that is dew unto them, we may wislike, and refuse somewhat in their writings, if we happen to find, that they have thought otherwise, then the Truth may bear. Likewise the Councils, ye mean, are very New, & therefore bear the less authority, for that they be so many ways contrary to the Old. Hereof hereafter more at large. Certainly, there is none of your errors so gross and palpable, but by some of your late Councils it hath been confirmed. Therefore we may justly say to you, as S. Augustine sometime said to Mariminus the Arian Heretique,