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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 1 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 1 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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Thus the godly Fathers in old time did not flatter, and favour the peoples negligence in this case, as M. Harding and his fellows do: but exhorted, warned, reproved, rebuked them, called them malapert, and impudent,1 that would be present, and not receive: and excommunicated them for their negligence. But these men contrariwise turn away their faces from their brethren: and suppress their voice, and will not be heard: and speak nothing but in an unknown tongue: and find no fault with the people, but rather make them believe that they receive for them, and apply Christs death unto them by their Mass, and that the very hearing thereof is sufficient for them, and meritorious: and thus, as much as in them lieth, they increase the negligence of the people, and discourage them from the holy Communion.
Thus the godly Fathers in olde time did not flatter, and fauour the peoples negligence in this case, as M. Harding and his felows doo: but exhorted, warned, reprooued, rebuked them, called them mal•pert, and impudent,1 that woulde be present, and not receiue: and excommunicated them for their negligence. But these men contrarywise turne away their faces from their brethren: and suppresse their voyce, and wil not be hearde: and speake nothyng but in an vnknowen tongue: and finde no faulte with the people, but rather make them beléeue that they receiue for them, and applie Christes death vnto them by their Masse, and that the verie hearyng thereof is sufficient for them, and meritorious: and thus, as muche as in them lieth, they increase the negligence of the people, and discourage them from the holy Communion.
- 1Chrysostom in Epistolam ad Ephesios homil. 3.Chrysostome in Epistolam ad Ephesios homil. 3.
The people is taught nothing,