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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 9 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 9 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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The B. of Salisbury.
The B. of Sarisburie.
It is marvel, that M. Harding, in so short a •ale, cannot avoid manifest contradiction. He holdeth, and teacheth, that this is the honouring of Christ, God, and Man: and yet he saith, It is no great Key of his Religion. Verily, what so ever Key he now make of it, great, or small, he bringeth in very small Authorities, and proofs, to make it good.
It is maruel, that M. Hardinge, in so shorte a •ale, cannot auoide manifest contradiction. He holdeth, and teacheth, that this is the honouringe of Christe, God, and Man: and yet he saithe, It is no greate Keye of his Religion. Uerily, what so euer Keye he nowe make of it, greate, or smal, he bringeth in very smal Authorities, and proufes, to make it good.
Concerning the Canopy, wherein all this question standeth, he is well contented, to yield in the whole, as being not able to find it once mentioned in any manner Old Writer. But the hanging up of the Sacrament, and that even over the Altar, he is certain, may well be proved by that solemn Fable, that we have so often heard under the name of Amphilochius. Concerning which Fable, (for a very childish Fable it is, and no better) I must for shortness refer thee, gentle Reader, to that is written before in the First Article of this Book, and in the .33. Division, as answer to the same. Yet thus much shortly, and by the way. First M. Hardinges Amphilochius saith, that S. Basil, after he had said Mass to Christ, and his twelve Apostles, immediately the same night, put one portion of the Sacrament in the Dove, that was then hanging over the Altar: & the next day following sent for a Goldsmith, & caused the same Dove to be made: the same Dove, I say, that he put the Sacrament in, the night before. And so M. Hardinges Dove, was a Dove, before it was made. But Dreams, & Fables are worthy of Privilege. Yet, least this tale should pass alone, it is accompanied with a Miracle. For after that time, when so ever S. Basil was at Mass, & lifted up the Bread, the same Dove (so saith this Amphilochius) used evermore to rouse her self over y Altar, & moved, & stirred of her self hither, and thither: much like to the Mathematical Dove, that Architas Tarentinus made, that was able to fly alone. If this Golden Dove had not been endowed with Sprite, & Life, this tale had lost half his grace. Again Pekham in his Provincial giveth a strait commandment to all Priests, that the Bread in the Pyx, be changed and renewed every seventh day, for avoiding of putrefaction, or some other loathsomeness, that may happen. But M. Hardinges Golden Dove had a special virtue above all others, to keep the Bread seven years together without corruption, and the same at the last, meet to be given to a sick man in his death bed.