A04474:1952
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
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Touching the name of the Universal Bishop, M. Harding hath but one authority: and yet the same can not be found. Touching the other name, of Head of the Church, he cometh in only with jolly brags, and great vaunts, as if he were playing at post, and should win all by vicing. He saith, If M. Ivel know this, then he speaketh against his conscience: If he know it not, then is he not learned. To contend for learning, it were a childish folly. He is sufficiently learned, that saith the trueth. But if M. Harding with all his learning be able to find out his Head of the Church, he shall have his request: I will grant him to be learned.
Touchinge the name of the Uniuersal Bishop, M. Hardinge hath but one authoritie: and yet the same can not be founde. Touchinge the other name, of Heade of the Churche, he commeth in onely with ioyly bragges, and great vauntes, as if he were plaieinge at poste, and shoulde winne al by vicinge. He saithe, If M. Iuel know this, then he speaketh againste his conscience: If he know it not, then is he not learned. To contende for learninge, it were a childishe folie. He is sufficiently learned, that saith the trueth. But if M. Hardinge with al his learninge be hable to finde out his Heade of the Churche, he shal haue his request: I wil graunt him to be learned.
He saith, The Bishop of Rome is so named, either in terms equivalent, or expressly. Thus he doubteth at the matter, and stammereth, and faltereth at the beginning. But if the Bishop of Rome were the Head of the Church in deed, and so allowed, and taken in the world, why was he never expressly, and plainly named so? Was there no man then, in the world, for the space of six hundred years, able to express his name?