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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 6 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 6 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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The B. of Salisbury.
The B. of Sarisburie.
This argument would serve well, if there were none other Miracle, but Carnal Presence. But if M. Harding had conferred with the Old Catholic Fathers, he should have found Miracles in the Sacrament of Baptism, no less, then in this Sacrament of Christs Body.1 Leo saithe, Deus Mirabile nobis Sacramentum Regenerationis indulsit. God hath granted us the Marvellous Sacrament of Regeneration. So saith Eusebius Emissenus:2 Veniant nunc, qui futurae Resurrectionis gloriam •itiunt•iam nunc de Remissione peccatorum digno Miracul• reficiant Fidē suam. ⟨p. 355⟩Homo in font tingitur, &c. Let them draw near, that thirst after the Glory of the Resurrection that is to come: even now let them refresh their Faith w•th that worthy Miracle3 of Remission of sin. A man is washed in the font, &c. In like sort writeth Chrysostom touching the same.4 Nullo pacto de intellectuali per Baptismum Regeneration, & Admirabili partu rationem reddemus. Nam & Angeli, qui adfuerunt, tā in enarrabilis operis modum minimè possunt enarrare. Adfuerunt tantùm, & viderunt: nihil autem operati sunt: Sed Pater tantùm, & Filius, & Spiritus Sanctus. We are never able to yield a reason of the Spiritual Regeneration, and Miraculous Birth, that we have by Baptism. The very Angels, that were present, are not able to utter the manner of that unspeakable work. They were present only, and saw: but they wrought nothing: but only the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Here we see a Miracle in Baptism, and such a Miracle, as the Angels of God are not able to utter it. Yet will not M. Harding say, that Christs Body is therefore Really Present in the Water of Baptism. So weakly these proofs hang together.