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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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The B. of Salisbury.
The B. of Sarisburie.
Here M. Harding by counterpoints, and by sundry circumstances of difference, compareth the state of the Primitive Church, and his Church of Rome together, and thereof would seem to prove, that S. Pauls words, which S. ⟨p. 204⟩Paul him self calleth Mandata Domini, The Lordes commandments, stood good only for that time present and for no time afterward: as if he would say, Gods will were mutable, or his commandments hold only for term of years.
Here M. Hardinge by countrepointes, and by sundrie circumstances of difference, compareth the state of the Primitiue Churche, and his Churche of Rome togeather, and thereof woulde seeme to prooue, that S. Paules woordes, which S. ⟨p. 204⟩Paule him selfe calleth Mandata Domini, The Lordes commaundementes, stoode good onely for that time present and for no time afterwarde: as if he woulde say, Gods wil were mutable, or his commaundementes holde onely for terme of yéeres.
I grant, there appear great notes of difference between the order of the Primitive Church, and the order that now is in the Church of Rome. For, to leave all that M. Harding hath here touched by way of comparison, and to note that may seem near to this purpose, The rulers there wished, and laboured that the people might abound in knowledge: Here, their whole labour and study is, that the people may abound in ignorance. There, the Ministers spake with sundry tongues, that the people of all Nations might understand them: Here, the Minister speaketh in a strange tongue, to the intent that no man may understand him. There, the simple, and the ignorant were made eloquent: Here, the Bishops, and Cardinals, and greatest learned are made dumb. And to prosecute no further, there appeared in the Primitive Church, the undoubted works of the holy Ghost, and the very tracts, and steppes of Christs feet: and therefore Irenaeus,