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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
Part 1 › M. Harding. › The B. of SalisburyPart 1 › M. Hardinge. › The B. of Sarisburie
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
God commanded the people to keep the Calends, and New Moons: Yet not with such Superstition, and Abuses, as the people kept them. And therefore God said unto them,1 Who required these things at your hands?
God commaunded the people to kepe the Calendes, and Newe Moones: Yet not with sutche Superstition, and Abuses, as the people kepte them. And therfore God saide vnto them,1 Who required these thinges at your handes?
God commanded sundry Bathings, and Washings: yet unto them, that most precisely used the same, Christ said: Woe be unto you ye Scribes, and Pharisees: in vain they worship me, teaching the Commandments and Doctrines of men.
God commaunded sundrie Bathinges, and Wasshinges: yet vnto them, that moste precisely vsed the same, Christe saide: VVoe be vnto you ye Scribes, and Phariseis: in vaine they woorship mee, teachinge the Commaundementes and Doctrines of menne.
Yet you, M. Harding, have infeoffed the Apostles of Christ, not only with the Substance of the things, which, ye say, ye have received by Tradition, but also with all your Abuses, Superstitions, Corruptions, and Idolatries: which ye have devised of your selves. And therein ye well resemble the Tatian Heretics, of whom only, ye say, S. Hierome speaketh. But whether S. Hierome meant only, I know not what fantastical dreams of the Tatians, (as you imagine only of your self, without proof, in particular naming nothing) or else also all such Superstitious Vanities, as we have often, and justly reproved in you, it may soon appear by these words immediately following: Omnem laborem manuum,