A04468:735
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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Ye see, M. Harding, by these Testimonies of the Ancient Learned Fathers, far contrary to your vain Distinction, y• the Form of God is nothing else, but God: & the Form of Man is nothing else, but Man. Wherefore then have you thus devised us this new Difference? Wherefore say you of your own head, y• Form, & Substance be so contrary, seeing the Catholic Fathers say, they be both One? Or wherefore be you so busy, to trouble the Penman without cause? Certainly S. Augustine joineth Form and Substance both together,1 & by the one expoundeth the other: In eadem Forma, atque Substantia: In the same Form, and Substance: and again expoundeth the same Form, Veritatem Corporis: The Truth of a Body.
Ye sée, M. Hardinge, by these Testimonies of the Ancient Learned Fathers, farre contrarie to your vaine Distinction, y• the Fourme of God is nothing els, but God: & the Fourme of Man is nothing els, but Man. Wherfore then haue you thus diuised vs this new Difference? Wherfore saie you of your owne head, y• Fourme, & Substance be so contrarie, seing the Catholique Fathers saie, they be both One? Or wherefore be you so busy, to trouble the Penneman without cause? Certainely S. Augustine ioineth Fourme and Substance both togeather,1 & by the one expoundeth the other: In eadem Forma, atque Substantia: In the same Fourme, and Substance: and againe expoundeth the same Fourme, Veritatem Corporis: The Truthe of a Body.
- 1Augustin. ad Dardan. epist. 57.
By these it is plain, that when Fulgentius saith, the Form of God, he meaneth thereby the Substance, the Nature, & the Divinity of God: And when he saith, the Form of a Servant, he meaneth likewise, the Nature the Substance, the Truth, the Perfection, & the Very Manhood of a Man. And the whole drift of his discourse is this, that Christ being both God, and Man, by the Nature, and Substance of his Godhead is everywhere: but by the Nature, and Substance of his Manhood, & Truth of his Body, is only in one place, and not in moe: agreeing therein with these words of S. Augustine before rehearsed,