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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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M. Harding seemeth hereof to reason of this sort. S. Paul forbade the Corinthians to use the special miracle, and gift of God without profiting the Congregation. Ergo, Now having the Latin tongue without miracle, we may minister the ••ruice therein, although the Congregation have no Profit by it. This reason is strange, and holdeth as simply as the rest. Yet hath he given special advertisement in the Margin, that this place of S. Paul, serveth nothing to our purpose. If this note be so certain, and so authentical, as he would seem to make it, then were the Doctors both new and old, that took it otherwise, not well advised. For Lyra writing upon the same, saith thus:1 Si populus intelligat orationem Sacerdotis, meliùs reducitur in Deum, & devotiùs respondet, Amen. Ideò dicit Paulus, Situ Sacerdos benedixeris Spiritu, & populus non intelligat, quid proficit populus simplex, & non intelligens? Quapropter in Primitiva Ecclesia benedictiones, & coetera omnia fiebant in vulgari. If the people understand the prayer of the Priest, they are the better brought unto God, and with greater devotion they answer, Amen. Therefore S. Paul saith, If thou being a Priest Bliss with thy Spirit, and the people understand thee not, what profit then hath the people being simple, and not understanding thee? Therefore in the Primitive Church, both the Blessings, and all other things ⟨p. 194⟩were done in the vulgar tongue. The vulgar tongue, saith Lyra, was used in the primitive Church upon occasion of these words of S. Paul.2 In the Council of A•on, it is written thus: Psallentium in Ecclesia Domino mens concordare debet cum voce, ut impleatur illud Apostoli, Psallam spiritu, psallā & meant. The voice and mind of them that singe unto the Lord in the Church, must agree together. The reason thereof is taken out of this place of S. Paul: I will singe with my sprite, I will singe with my mind. 3Chrysostom saith, S. Paul driveth the whole tenor of this matter, unto the profit of the hearers. These be his words: Est autem quod Paulus dicit huiusmodi: Nisi dixero, quod percipi facilè, claréque à vobis possit, sed linguarum munere praedirum me esse tantùm ostendam, nullum ex his, quae non intelligetis, fructum facientes, abibitis. Nam quae utilitas esse possit ex voce non intellecta? S. Pauls saying standeth thus: