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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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M. Harding.
M. Hardinge.
Ye do well to compare your selves with this Cobilon. For in deed* ye do as he did. Ye were sent‡ by Christ to his Vicar, Peters Successor, to be fed and governed like sheep under the shepherd Christ and his Church be a perfect body, he the head, the true believers knit together in charity the members▪ each one in his order and degree. He is the vine, we the boughs and branches. *What member cut of from the body, liveth? what bough broken from the tree, groweth? As every such member dieth, and bough withereth: So if ye remain not in the Catholic Church, which is the body of Christ, ye draw no life from the head, ye have no part of the Spirit, that from thence redoundeth to every member, ye have no portion of the vital juice that issueth from the root. Then what remaineth, but that ye be caste into the fire? For this cause S. Cyprian and other Fathers, often times have said, that out and besides the Church, there is no salvation.
Yee doo wel to compare your selues with this Cobilon. For in deede* ye doo as he did. Yee were sent‡