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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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But who so ever, or what so ever this Obadiah were, his own words do so bewray him, that a blind man may see it was not he. He maketh many shameless lies, that he was present with Christ, and at the most part of the Apostles doings, & yet were the Apostles then according to Christs commandment gone into the whole world,1 some into Italy, some into Asia minor, some into Scythia, some into India, some into Ethiopia, and were many thousand miles a sunder.2 In his fable of Iphigenia he saith, that the people took her brother Boor being then Christened by S. Matthew, and made him King, and that he reigned afterward in Ethiopia the space of .lxiij. years, and further maketh ⟨p. 9⟩mention of Egesippus,3 that lived above one hundred and three score years after Christ. If Obadiah were alive all this while, he might be likened to Johannes de temporibus, 4who, as the French story recordeth, lived in France above three hundred years. A liar must be circumspect, and mindful what he say.5 If he saw Christ in the flesh, it is not likely he ever saw Egesippus, that was so long after Christ: If he saw Egesippus, it is not likely he ever saw Christ. Thus if he report truth in the one, he lieth in the other: and so, whether he lie, or say truth, he cannot be Obadiah.
But who so euer, or what so euer this Abdias were, his owne woordes doo so bewraye him, that a blinde man may see it was not he. He maketh manie shamelesse lies, that he was present with Christe, and at the moste parte of the Apostles dooynges, & yet were the Apostles then accordyng to Christes cōmaundement gone into the whole worlde,1 some into Italie, some into Asia minor, some into Scythia, some into India, some into Ethiopia, and were many thousand myles a sundre.