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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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I grant, Bishops may be called the Heads of their several Churches. So Chrysostom calleth aElias Caput Prophetarum, The Head of the prophetee: So Amos saith, bThe Princes are the Heads of y• people: So Saul is called cthe Head of the Tribes of Israel: So David was made dCaput Gentiū, The Head of Nations: Sundry such other like examples I alleged in my Former eReply to M. Harding: As that Cyril the Bishop of Alexandria, in the Council of Ephesus was called fCaput Episcoporum congregatotum, The Head of the Bishops, that these were assembled: That S. Gregory saith, gPaulus ad Christum conuersus Caput effectus est Natlonumm Paule being once converted to Christ, was made the Head of Nation: That Prudentius saith, hSancta Bethlehem Capur eitorbis: Holy Bethlehem is the Head of the World. In this sense Optatus saith, iThere be four sorts of Heads in the Church, the Bishops, the Priests, the Deacons, The Faithful: And all this only in a certain kind of phrase, and manner of speech. But in deed and verily S. Augustine saithe, kPaulus ipse non poterat Caput esse eorum, quos plantaverat: Paul him self could not be the Head of them, whom he had planted, Therefore Gregory saith, lPetrus Apostolus Primum, Membrū Sanctae & Universalis Ecclesiae est. Paulus, Andreas, Johannes, quid aliud, quam singulariū sunt plebium Capita? Tamen sub Uno Capite omnes Membra sunt Ecclesiae, Arque ve cuncta brevi cingulo locutionis astringam, sancti ante Legem, Sacti in Lege, Sancti sub Gratia: Omnes hi perficientes Corpus Domini in Membris sunt Ecclesiae constituti. Et nemo se unquam Univeisalem vocari voluit: Peter the Apostle is (not the Head, but) the chief Member of the Holy Universal Church. Paul, Andrew, and John, what are they else, but the Heads of several Nations? Yet notwithstanding under one Head (Christ) they are all Members of the Church. And to speak shortly, the Saints before the Law,