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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 › The Apology, Cap. 10. Division. 1.Part 1 › The Apologie, Cap. 10. Diuision. 1.
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The Apology, Cap. 10. Division. 1.
The Apologie, Cap. 10. Diuision. 1.
Wherefore if we he Heretics, and they (as they would fain be called) be Catholics, why do they not, as they see the Fathers, which were Catholic men, have always done? Why do they not convince and master us by the Divine Scriptures? Why do they not call us again to be tried by them? Why do they not lay before us, how we have gone away from Christ, from the Prophets, from the Apostles, and from the Holy Fathers?
Wherefore if wee he Heretiques, and they (as they woulde faine be called) be Catholiques, why doo they not, as they see the Fathers, whiche were Catholique men, haue alwaies donne? Why doo they not conuince and maister vs by the Diuine Scriptures? Why doo they not calle vs againe to be tried by them? Why doo they not laye before vs, howe wee haue gonne awaye from Christe, from the Prophetes, from the Apostles, and from the Holy Fathers?
Why stick they to do it? Why are they afraid of it? It is God's cause: Why are they doubtful to commit it to the trial of God's Word? If we be Heretics which refer all our controversies unto the Holy Scriptures, & report us to the self same Words, which we know were sealed by God him self, and in comparison of them, set little by all other things, what so ever may be devised by men, how shall we say to these folk, I pray you: what manner of men be they, and how is it meet to call them, which fear the judgement of the Holy Scriptures, that is to say, the Judgement of God him self, and do prefer before them their own dreams, and full cold inventions: and to maintain their own Traditions, have defaced and corrupted now these many hundred years the ordinances of Christ, and of the Apostles?