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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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Theodoretus saith, 1The wicked shall not be able to prevail against God.2 But if they once get the over hand, yet shall they come down again: as it is written by the Prophet Isaiah.
Theodoretus saithe, 1The wicked shal not be hable to preuaile againste God.2 But if they once geate the ouer hand, yet shal they comme downe againe: as it is written by the Prophete Esai.
- 1Persecution.Persequution.
- 2Theodoret. Eccle. histor. fol. 285. in Graeco. [Greek or Hebrew]Theodoret. Eccle. histor. fol. 285. in Graeco. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉
As for drawing of your blood, ye need not so greatly to complain. The Gospel of Christ is not bloody. It hath hitherto prevailed without any one drop of all your blood. God give you grace, to repent, left your own blood be upon your own head in the day of the Lord. Fire, and sword, and merciless Cruelty are the only instruments of your Doctrine. And therefore ye seem now to say,1 in your blind hope, as cursed Esau sometime said of his Brother Jacob. Venient dies luctus patris mei, & occidam Jacobum Fratrem meum: The days shall come, that my Father shall die. Then will I kill my Brother Jacob.