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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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But they say, The Scriptures be dark: therefore we must seek the meaning of them in the Doctors. The Doctors agree not: Then must we weigh & try them ⟨p. 259⟩by the Master of the Sentences.1 The Master of the Sentences him self sometimes is not holden: then must we seek further to the School Doctors. The School Doctors can in no wise agree: there is Scotus against Thomas: and Occam against Scotus: and Alliacensis against Occam: the Nominals against the Reals: the Scholasticalles against the Canonists: the contention is greater, & the doubts darker, then ever they were before. Neither is there any resolution to be hoped for, but only of the Bishop of Rome: whom M. Harding calleth the supreme Judge:2 who, as one saith, is Doctor utriusque Legis, Authoritate, non Scientia, Doctour of both Laws, by Authority, not by knowledge. How be it, it appeareth his knowledge, and authority in such cases are both like. For not withstanding any his determination, the contention standeth still as it did before. Truely Alphonsus de Castro, 3a Doctor of the same side, saithe, Cum constet plures Papas adeò illiteratos esse, ut Grammaticam penitus ignorent, qui fit, ut sacras Literas interpretari possint? Seeing it is well known, that many Popes be so void of learning, that they be utterly ignorant of their Grammar, how may it be, that they can expound the holy Scriptures? Thus that supreme Judge, at whose only hands M. Harding would have all the world to seek for the very sense of God's word, as Alphonsus saith, may go to school to learn his Grammar. And what if the Pope be an Heretic, as Liberius was an Arian:4 Honorius an Eunomian: Anastasius was a Photinian: and as Lyra saith, Multi Papae inuenti sunt Apostatae, Many Popes have been renegades of the Faith: 5Or what if he be a sorcerer, and have league and conference with the Devil, as had Sylvester the second?6