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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 4 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 4 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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As for the Universal supplying of Christs room, Tertullian saith, The Holy Ghost is Christs Vicar. 1For thus he writeth, Sedet ad dextram Dei Patris: misit Vicariam vim Spiritus Sancti, qui credentes agat. Christ sitteth at the right hand of God the Father: and instead of him self, sent the power of the Holy Ghost as his Vicar, to direct them that believe.
As for the Uniuersal supplieinge of Christes roome, Tertullian saithe, The Holy Ghoste is Christes Vicare. 1For thus he writeth, Sedet ad dextram Dei Patris: misit Vicariam vim Spiritus Sancti, qui credentes agat. Christe sitteth at the right hande of God the Father: and insteede of him selfe, sent the power of the Holy Ghoste as his Vicare, to directe them that beleeue.
- 1Tertul. De praescriptionib. cō tra Haereticos.Tertul. De praescriptionib. cō tra Haereticos.
But because we are not only led inwardly by God's Sprite, but also outwardly by our senses, therefore hath Christ appointed, not one man to be his Vicar General over all, but every of his Apostles, and so every Priest to be his Vicar within his Division.1 So saith Eusebius Bishop of Rome, Caput Ecclesiae Christus est: Christi autem Vicarij Sacerdotes sunt, qui vice Christi, legatione funguntur in Ecclesia. Christ is the Head of the Church: and his Vicars be the Priests, that do their Message in the Church,2 in the stead of Christ. Therefore saith S. Hierome, Potentia divitiarum, & paupertatis humilitas, vel sublimiorem, vel inferiorem Episcopum non facit▪ Caeterum omnes Apostolorum successores sunt. The stoutnes of riches, or the humility of poverty, maketh a Bishop neither higher, nor lower: But all Bishops be the Apostles successors. Other universal Vicar of Christ, there is none named in the Scriptures, onlesse it be he,