A04468:628
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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This have the Catholics laid before you oftentimes, and this do we show you in this Confutation.1 He that despiseth you, despiseth me, saith Christ of his Church. Ye despise the Catholic Church, and therefore ye despise Christ.
This haue the Catholikes layde before you oftentimes, and this doo we shewe you in this Confutation.1 He that despiseth you, despiseth mee, saithe Christe of his Churche. Ye despise the Catholike Churche, and therefore ye despise Christe.
- 1L•c. 10.
What need so many questions Sirs? Your hot Rhetoric showeth more courage in word, then Victory in deed. Ye call us forth to the Scriptures,1 as it were to the field. Ye strike us down with words, before the come to encounter. To show your bravery in the monster, ye refer your controversies unto the Holy Scriptures, ye report you unto the words sealed by God himself: but we the Catholics, as ye pretend, stick at it: we be afraid of it, we doubt of th• matter, we fear the Judgement of Holy Scriptures, we prefer our own dreams and cold inventions. Well, now that ye have told your lusty tale, hear our sober answer. Often times the true Scriptures are stretched forth to serve evil and false purposes. The Jews went about by the Scriptures to prove, that Christ was not so much as a I•ophete.2 For they said,* Search the Scriptures, and see, that a Prophet riseth not out of Galilee. By the Scriptures they would needs show him worthy to die.