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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 1 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 1 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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Here the reader, be he never so simple, yet must he think thus much with him self. Clemens was Bishop of Rome, as it is thought, next after S. Peter. And were the Bishop of Romes books, and such books, so strange, so holy, and of such weight, kept in Candy, so far of from Italy, in an Island in the sea, and not in Rome? written in Greek, & not in Latin? And could such a worthy work devised by all the Apostles, and set forth by the Apostles fellow, be laid up in secrecy for the space of a thousand, five hundred years and more, and no man miss it? Thus much the reader may soon consider with him self, be he never so simple.
Here the reader, be he neuer so simple, yet must he thinke thus muche with him selfe. Clemens was Bishop of Rome, as it is thought, nexte after S. Peter. And were the Bishop of Romes bookes, and suche bookes, so strange, so holy, and of such weight, kept in Candie, so farre of from Italie, in an Ilande in the sea, and not in Rome? written in Gréeke, & not in Latine? And coulde suche a woorthy woorke diuised by al the Apostles, and set foorth by the Apostles fellowe, be layde vp in secresie for the space of a thousande, fiue hundred yéeres and more, and no man misse it? Thus muche the reader may soone consider with him selfe, be he neuer so simple.
But what if this book were never written by S. Clement? what if it were written by no honest man? what if it were written by an Heretic? Verily it was a common practise in old times, to set wicked books abroad under the names and titles of the Apostles, and other godly Fathers. Leo sometime Bishop of Rome writeth thus: Apocriphae Scripturae, quae sub nominibus Apostolorum ⟨p. 8⟩multarum habent seminarium falsitatum,1 non solùm interdicendae,2 sed etiam penitus auferendae,3