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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 10 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 10 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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Likewise S. Ambrose speaking of God's marvellous working in Baptisme, saith, Non agnosco usum Naturae: Nullus est hic Naturae ordo, ubi est excellentia Gratiae. In this case I have no skill of the use of Nature:1 The order of Nature hath no rule, where as is the excellency of God's Grace. Again he saith, Est hoc illud magnum Mysterium, quod oculus non vidit, nec auris audivit, ne• in Cor hominis ascendit? Aquas video, quas videbam quotidiè. Me istae habent mundare, in quas saepè descendi, & nunquam munda•us sum? 2Hinc cognosce, quòd Aqua non mundat sine Spiritu. Is this that great Mystery, that the eye never saw, that the ear never heard, that never •ntred into the heart of man? I see Water, that I saw every day before. Is this it, that shall make me clean? I have gone oftentimes into it,3 and was never the cleaner. Therefore understand thou, that Water (of his own Nature) without the holy Ghost cleanseth not. And again, Per predicationem Dominicae Crucis, Aqua fit dulcis ad Gratiam. By the preaching of our Lords Cross, 4the Water (beside his own Nature) is made sweet unto Grace. And in this respect S. Hilary saith, Uno Christo per Naturam unius Baptismi indu•mur. We put upon us,5 only one Christ, by the Nature of one Baptism. And Gregory Nyssene in like sort, Natura Aquae praecedente virga Fidei, &c. vitā praestat. The Nature of Water (thus considered) the Rod of Faith going before, giveth life. Otherwise he saith, Hoc beneficium nō Aqua largitur, 6&c. sed Dei praeceptum, & Spiritus. Aqua verò subseruit ad ostendendā purgationē. It is not Water (of his own Nature) that giveth this benefit: but the commandment of God, and the Holy Ghost. The Water serveth, to show us the cleansing of the Soul.