A04468:823
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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An other of M. Hardinges Reasons is this: The Church Labouring here in Earth must resemble the Church of the Saints Triumphing in Heaven. But in Heaven God only is the Governor over the whole: Therefore, in the Church beneath, the Pope likewise must needs be Governor over the whole. Thus God must be rated to Govern above, and the Pope beneath: & so, as one sometime said, Divisum Imperium cum love Caesar habet.
An other of M. Hardinges Reasons is this: The Churche Labouringe here in Earthe must resemble the Churche of the Sainctes Triumphing in Heauē. But in Heauen God onely is the Gouernoure ouer the whole: Therefore, in the Churche beneathe, the Pope likewise muste needes be Gouernoure ouer the whole. Thus God muste be rated to Gouerne aboue, and the Pope beneath: & so, as one sometime saide, Diuisum Imperium cum loue Caesar habet.
This is a valiant kind of Argument. It holdeth from Heaven to Earth: from Angels to Men: from God to the Pope.
This is a valiante kinde of Argument. It holdeth from Heauen to Earthe: from Angelles to Menne: from God to the Pope.
But how knoweth M. Harding, what Orders of Angels, and Archangels there be in Heaven? what they do: how they deal: who ruleth: who are ruled: what Laws, and Policies they have amongst them? They say, they would frame their Church according to the Sampler: And yet good men they never knew, nor saw the Sampler. But only of them selves they imagine Common Weals, and Orders in Heaven: and according to the same, they would shape, and fashion their own Church in Earth. The better way, M. Harding, had been, seeing the whole matter hangeth only upon your fantasies, to say, that God hath appointed one Principal Archangel to be Pope in Heaven: and all other Powers, Angels, & Dominions to be his Subjects. Thus might ye easily have made your frame to agree with your Pattern, and the one of your fancies to answer the other.