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A reply unto M. Hardinges answerA replie vnto M. Hardinges ansvveare
A reply unto M. Hardinges answer by perusing whereof the discrete, and diligent reader may easily see, the weak, and unstable grounds of the Romaine religion, which of late hath been accounted Catholic. By John Jewel Bishop of Salisbury.A replie vnto M. Hardinges ansvveare by perusinge whereof the discrete, and diligent reader may easily see, the weake, and vnstable groundes of the Romaine religion, whiche of late hath beene accompted Catholique. By Iohn Iewel Bishoppe of Sarisburie.
Imprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the sign of the Black Oliphant, by Henry Wykes, Anno. 1565Imprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the signe of the Blacke Oliphante, by Henry VVykes, Anno. 1565
Article 3 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 3 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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S. Augustine saith, We need no utterance of voice, to Pray unto God. For the Sacrifice of Justice is sanctified in the Temple of our mind, and in the secrete Chamber of our heart.1 As Clemens Alexandrinus also saith: God looketh not for the voices of our tongues to declare our meaning: For before our Creation he knoweth, what thoughts would come into our minds.2 And therefore God saith in the Prophet Isaiah, Antequam clament, ego exaudiam. I will hear them, yea before they cry.
S. Augustine saithe, Wee neede no vtterance of voice, to Pray vnto God. For the Sacrifice of Iustice is sanctified in the Temple of our minde, and in the secrete Chamber of our harte.1 As Clemens Alexandrinus also saithe: God looketh not for the voices of our tongues to declare our meaninge: For before our Creation he knoweth, what thoughtes woulde come into our mindes.2 And therefore God saithe in the Prophete Esay, Antequam clament, ego exaudiam. I wil heare them, yea before they crie.
- 1Clem. strom. li. 7.
- 2Isaiah. 65.Esai. 65.
Hereupon S. Augustine demandeth this Question: Wherefore then doth the Priest lift up his voice, and pray aloud, in the open assembly in the Church? He answereth, Not that God, but that men may hear him: that the people by the sound of his voice, and understanding his meaning, may be put in mind, and by consent be joined together, and be lifted up to God. This is the very meaning and mind of S. Augustine, agreeing fully with these words of S. Cyprian: The Priest before Prayer prepareth