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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 […]of Salisbury.Article 4 › The 〈…〉of Sarisburie.
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As for the matter, the question is moved of the Bishop of Rome: the answer is made of S. Peter: as if S. Peter continued there Bishop still until this day. But it is presumed, that, what so ever privilege was in Peter, the same must needs be in the B. of Rome by Succession, yea although he have not one spark of Peter. S. Peter in the Old Fathers is diversely called, the First, the Chief, the Top, the High Honour of the Apostles, and in Eusebius, and S. Augustine [Greek or Hebrew], and Princeps Apostolorum: In which last words of S. Augustine, & Eusebius, I must do thee, good Reader, to understand, that, Princeps, is not always taken for a Prince,1 or a Governor endued with power, but oftentimes for the first man, or best of a company. So we read in the Scriptures, Princeps Familiae: princeps legationis: princeps Coquorum: that is, The Chief of the house, or stock: The chief of the embassage: the chief of the Cooks. In this sense, Cicero saith,2 Seruius Princeps in jure civili: Philosophorum Princeps Aristippus. Seruius the Chief in the Civil Law: Aristippus the Chief of Philosophers. So is S. Peter called Princeps Apostolorum: And therefore S. Augustine calleth him, Primum, & Praecipuum, that is, The First, and the Chief of the Apostles. We may not imagine, as M. Harding seemeth to do, that Peter was made a Lord, or Prince, and had Power, and Dominion over his brethren. S. Ambrose, as it is before alleged, comparing Peter and Paul together, saith thus, Inter ipsos, quis cui praeferatur, incertum est. Whether of these two I may set before the other, I cannot tell. Likewise S. Cyprian saithe,3 Hoc erant •oeteri Apostoli, quod fuit Petrus, pari consortio praediti, & Honoris, & Potestatis. The rest of the Apostles were the same that Peter was, endowed with like ⟨p. 303⟩fellowship both of Honour, and of Power. 4S. Ambrose saith, He cannot discern between Peter, and Paul, whether he may set before other: S. Cyprian saith, Al the Apostles had like Honour, and like Power: Yet by M. Hardinges fantasy, Peter only was the Prince: and all the rest were subjects, and underlings unto him.