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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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To answer all these points in particular, it would require an other Book. But briefly to touch so much only, as shall be needful, First, that the Substance of the Scriptures standeth in the right Sense, and Meaning, and not only in the naked, and bare words, it is true, and generally granted without exception, and needeth no farther proof.1 S. Hierome saithe, Non in Legendo, sed in Intelligendo Scripturae consistunt: The Scriptures stand, not in the Reading, but in the Understanding. And S. Hilarie, Non Divinorum dictorum, sed intelligentiae nostrae à nobis ratio praestanda est: We muste yield an account, not of God's Divine Words, but of our own Expositions.
To answears al these pointes in particulare, it would require an other Booke. But briefely to touche so mutche onely, as shalbe néedeful, First, that the Substance of the Scriptures standeth in the right Sense, and Meaninge, and not onely in the naked, and bare woordes, it is true, and generally graunted without exception, and needeth no farther proufe.1 S. Hierome saithe, Non in Legendo, sed in Intelligendo Scripturae consistunt: The Scriptures stande, not in the Readinge, but in the Vnderstandinge. And S. Hilarie, Non Diuinorum dictorum, sed intelligentiae nostrae à nobis ratio praestanda est: Wee muste yeelde an accoumpte, not of Goddes Diuine Woordes, but of our owne Expositions.
- 1Hiero•y. contra Luciferian. Hilari. De Trivitate, Li. 4.Hiero•y. contra Luciferian. Hilari. De Triuitate, Li. 4.
But if that only be the right Meaning, and Sense of the Scriptures, that within these few late hundred years is cropen into the Church of Rome: and if it be all Gospel, what so ever it be, that arriveth from thence: and if they be all Heretics, and Schismatics, and Despisers of Christ, and of the Apostles, and of the Universal Church, that make stay at it, or cannot receive it, then is the whole matter already concluded: we shall need no more ado.