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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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But Plato saith, Natura est, quod Deus vult. Nature is that thing, that God will. First, what if M. Harding understand not, what Plato meant? And what if Plato never understood, what M. Harding meaneth? Yet must Plato's name serve to prove all M. Hardinges fantasies? Plato saith, Nature is what so ever God will. Must we therefore conclude, That Cold is Hot: White is Black: Accident without Subject: Subject without Accident: a Body is no Body: a Nature Finite is Infinite? What a strange kind of Philosophy hath M. Harding found out? It is a simple weapon, that these men will refuse, to serve their turn.
But Plato saith, Natura est, quod Deus vult. Nature is that thinge, that God wil. First, what if M. Hardinge vnderstande not, what Plato meante? And what if Plato neuer vnderstoode, what M. Hardinge meaneth? Yet must Platoes name serue to prooue al M. Hardinges fātasies? Plato saith, Nature is what so euer God wil. Must we therefore conclude, That Colde is Hoate: White is Blacke: Accident without Subiecte: Subiecte without Accident: a Bodie is no Bodie: a Nature Finite is Infinite? What a strange kinde of Philosophie hath M. Hardinge founde out? It is a simple weapon, that these menne wil refuse, to serue theire turne.
The Philosophers called Epicuraei, held this fantasy, that God sitteth in Heaven idly, and at ease, never incombringe or troubling him self with the rule of the world: and that therefore Nature ruleth it self only by chance, and at adventure, without any certain direction of God's government: and that, what so ever is done therein, is no part of God's doing. Contrary wise the Philosophers called Stoici, held an other fantasy, that God him self is nothing else but nature, and that therefore all things are wrought by necessity, and force of Destine, and that God is able to work no Miracle, nor to do any thing contrary to the common course of Nature. Both these follies Plato reproved by this short answer, Natura est, quod Deus vult. His meaning is, that Nature is subject, and obedient unto God, and that there is, neither Chance, nor Necessity in the course of Nature: but all things are ordered by God's appointment, and Natural Causes are only the instruments of God's Will. And therefore some compare Nature to the horse, and God to the horseman, that bridleth her, and turneth her, whither he listeth. And for the same cause Origen