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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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Perhaps he will reply, S. Paul by this word, Sprite, meant not a strange tongue, or a noise of unknown words: and therefore this stuffing is counterfeit. And because M. Harding saith so, perhaps the simple Reader will so believe it. But if the old Doctors, & Fathers so expound it, then all this strange mirth, ⟨p. 199⟩and triumph might have been spared.
Perhaps he wil replie, S. Paule by this woorde, Sprite, meante not a strange tongue, or a noice of vnknowen woordes: and therefore this stuffinge is counterfeite. And bicause M. Hardinge saith so, perhaps the simple Reader wil so beléeue it. But if the olde Doctours, & Fathers so expounde it, then al this strange mirth, ⟨p. 199⟩and triumphe might haue béene spared.
S. Ambrose openeth S. Pauls meaning, 1and showeth what he understood by this word, Sprite, in this wise: Situ benedixeris spiritu, hoc est, Si laudem Dei lingua loquaris ignota audientibus: If thou bless with thy Sprite, That is to say, If thou utter the Praise of God, in a tongue unknown unto the hearers. This I trow, is no Bombast, nor counterfeit stuffing: it is S. Ambroses Interpretation. Likewise S. Chrysostom expounding the same words, saith thus: Situ benedixeris spiritu &c.2 Est quod dicit, huiusmodi: Si peregrina lingua gratias agas, quam nec intelligas ipse, nec coeteris idem interprete•is, plebeius nō potest subijcere, Amen. If thou Bliss with thy Sprite &c. The meaning hereof (saith S. Chrysostom) Is this, If thou give thanks unto God (or pray) in a strange tongue, which neither thou knowest thee self, nor canst expound unto others, the unlearned cannot say, Amen. This, Chrysostom saith, is S. Pauls very meaning: M. Harding saith, No: it is a strange new fangled interpretation.