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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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If no Catholic Writer had ever used this self same Form of speech before, then might M. Hardinges quarrel seem to have some reasonable ground. But both S. Paul, and also many other Catholic Fathers have often used it. S. Paul saithe,1 Accedentem ad Deum oportet Credere, Deum esse: He that cometh to God, must believe, that there is a God: And Hermes, S Pauls Scholar, commonly called Pastor Nuntius, 2Ante omnia crede Unum Deum esse, qui condidit omnia: Before al other things believe, that there is One God, that hath made all. Origen saith, Primùm credendus est Deus, qui omnia creavit: Firste w•e must believe, there is a God, that hath created all things. S. Hilary saith, In absoluto nobis, & facilis est Acternitas, Jesum Christum à mortuis suscitatum Credere: Our everlasting life is ready, and casi, to believe, that Jesus Christ is risen again from the dead: Likewise Charles the Great in the Creed published in his name, Praedicandum est omnibus, ut credant, Patrem, Filium, & Spiritum Sanctum Unum esse Deum Omnipotentem: The Gospel must be preached unto all, to the end they may know, that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost is one God Almighty. To be short, even in our late Fathers days, this was counted a Catholic Form of Faith, and was commonly taught in all Schools, Unum Crede Deum: Beleeve, that there is One God. If this were then well spoken, and universally used, even in the Church of Rome, without rebuke, I trust, M Harding of his Courtesy will no more blame us for speaking well. As for these Phrases (I believe In God, I believe In Christ) although in deed they be better, & more effectual, & carry more force then the other,3 yet are they not, neither so peculiar, and special to God alone, nor so precisely used, as M. Harding imagineth. For it is written in the Exodus, as it is noted by the skilful in the Hebrew tongue, Populus credidit In Deum, & In Mosen: The people believed In God, and In Moses: And God him self said unto Moses, as it is likewise noted in the Hebrew: Descendam, ut populus In te credat: I will go down, that the people mai• believe In thee. S. Basil saithe, Baptizati sunt In Mosen, & crediderunt In illum: They were Baptized In Moses, and believed In him. ⟨p. 85⟩