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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 5 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 5 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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The B. of Salisbury.
The B. of Sarisburie.
Here M. Harding much troubleth his head with a needles labour, and in the end concludeth against him self. For that the Son of God was made man, even like unto one of us, thrall, and subject to the infirmities, and miseries of this mortal life:1 and that, as he him self complaineth in the Psalm, He seemed a vile worm, and no man: the shame of the world, and the outcast of the people: and that God the Father afterward advanced him with Glory,2 and set him at his right hand, above all Powers, and Principalities: and gave him a name above all names, and endowed him with a Spiritual, and a glorious Body: and united the same unto the Godhead, and crowned him with Honour, and Glory: Al these things are known even unto babes, & Children, that have been Godly brought up, and have learned the principles of their Faith: And are so far from all doubt amongst us,3 that we believe, Christ shall transform our mortal bodies, and make them like unto the Body of his Glory. And therefore S. Augustine saith, Corpus Domini pro ipsa coelesti habitatione, coelestem accepit mutationem: & hoc nos sperare in die ultimo jussi sumus. Idoe dicit Apostolus, qualis Coelestis, tales & Coelestes: id est, immortales, non solùm animis, sed etiam corporibus. The Body of our Lord, according to that Heavenly habitation, hath received a heavenly change: and we our selves are commanded, at the last day to hope for the same. Therefore the Apostles saith, As he is, that is Heavenly,4 so are they, that are Heavenly: that is to s•ie, Immortal: and that, not only in Soul, but also in Body. This is the comfortablest Article of our belief, and therefore with us, and with all other faithful, it is out of all doubt, and question.