A04474:1932
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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This in deed is open dissimulation, & a childish playing with words, & an open mocking of the world.1 So one writeth of Julius Caesar, Deposuit nomē Dictaturae, at vim retinuit. He refused the name of Dictator: but the power, and force thereof he kept still. 2So likewise saith Appianus, The Princes of Rome name them selves, Imperatores, Emperors, which was a name of government in the field, & lasted but for y• while: but Kings they will in no wise be called, for that the name of a King among them then was odious.3 How be it (he saith) in deed they are very Kings. So Augustus Caesar, notwithstanding he were a Tyrant, & had oppressed the people, yet the chose to be called Tribunus plebis, The Defender, and Patron of the people. And Uerres, notwithstanding he had miserably wasted,4 and consumed the whole Island of Sicily, yet in his title ⟨p. 298⟩he would be called, [Greek or Hebrew],5 that is, The Keeper, and Saviour of that Island. Thus they dissemble openly, and as one saith, With fair names they cover foul faults. 6But it was not any such Dissimulation, or countenance of Humility, that moved Leo, Gregory, or any other Godly Bishop of Rome, to refuse this name, as M. Harding imagineth:7 but the very iniquity, and injury therein contained. For thus saith S. Gregory, Si unus Patriarcha Universalis dicitur, Patriarcharum nomen cocteris derogatur &c. If one be called the Universal Patriarch, then is the name of Pa•riatkes taken from others. But God keep it farre•from any Christian mind, that any man should take so much upon him.