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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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Yet saith M. Harding, S. Augustine's words be plaine, Saluator non praecepit, quo deinceps ordine sumeretur:1 ut Apostolis, per quos dispositurus erat Ecclesiam, seruaret hunc locum. Christ gave no commandment, in what order it should be received: to the intent he might leave that matter to his Apostles, by whom he would dispose his Church. Therefore saith M. Harding, The number of Communicants is at liberty, and the Priest may receive alone.
Yet saithe M. Hardinge, S. Augustines woordes be plaine, Saluator non praecepit, quo deinceps ordine sumeretur:1 vt Apostolis, per quos dispositurus erat Ecclesiam, seruaret hunc locum. Christe gaue no commaundement, in what order it should be receiued: to the intente he might leaue that mater to his Apostles, by whom he woulde dispose his Churche. Therefore saithe M. Hardinge, The number of Communicantes is at libertie, and the Priest may receiue alone.
- 1August. epist. 118 ad Januarium.August. epist. 118 ad Ianuarium.
S. Augustine in that place speaketh not one word of any number, but only of the time of receiving, whether it might seem convenient to Minister the Communion after supper, as Christ did to his Disciples, and some used then to do, as appeareth by the words that follow, Nam si hoc ille monuisset, ut post cibos alios semper acciperetur, credo quod eum morem nemo variasset: For if Christ had commanded that the Sacrament should ever be received after other meats,1 I believe no man would have changed that order. It is wrong dealing to bring one thing for another: to allege number in stead of time: and of S. Augustine's words to conclude that S. Augustine ⟨p. 21⟩