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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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Yet must we needs believe, upon M. Hardinges Word, that the Scripture without the Sense of the Church of Rome is no Scripture. 1And therefore Hasius saithe, Si quis ha•eat interpretationem Ecclesiae Romanae de loco aliquo Scripturae, etiamsi nec sciat, nec intelligat, an, & quomodo' cùm Scripturae verbis conueniat, tamen habet ipsissimum Verbum Dei: If a man have the exposition of the Church of Rome, touching any place of the Scriptures, although he neither know, nor understand, whether, and how it agreeth with the words of the Scripture, yet he hath the very Word of God. So saith Rabbi Abraham Hispanus,2 speaking of the expositions of the Rabbins, Licet videantur nobis verba nostra esse vera, & recta, nobis tamen ⟨p. 78⟩Veritas abijcienda est in terram: quia Veritas cum illis est: Not withstanding our Expositions seem to us never so True, and right,3 yet must we throw our. Truth to the ground: For the Truth in deed is with them. Lyra likewise reporteth the common opinion the Jews had of their Rabines: 4Recipiendu•r est, quicquid hoc modo proponatur, etiamsi dicant Dextrant esse Sinistram: We must needs receive, what so ever they lay unto us, yea although they tell us, The Right hand is the Left.
Yet muste wée néedes beléeue, vpon M. Hardinges Woorde, that the Scripture without the Sense of the Churche of Rome is no Scripture. 1And therefore Hasius saithe, Si quis ha•eat interpretationem Ecclesiae Romanae de loco aliquo Scripturae, etiamsi nec sciat, nec intelligat, an, & quomodo' cùm Scripturae verbis conueniat, tamen habet ipsissimum Verbum Dei: If a man haue the exposition of the Churche of Rome, touchinge any place of the Scriptures, although he neither knowe, nor vnderstande, whether, and howe it agreeth with the woordes of the Scripture, yet he hath the verie Woorde of God. So saithe Rabbi Abraham Hispanus,