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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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But S. Cyprian further allegeth to this purpose,1 The Omnipotent Power of God, which, saith M. Harding, Far overpoiseth all the•e mens light fantasies. Thus he saith, as though that without this light fantasy of Transubstantiation, God could not be Omnipotent: or, as if there were such wonderful weight in his Outward Shows, and Empty Accidents. But God worketh mightily, and showeth his Power Omnipotent, not only herein, but also in all other his holy Mysteries, as it is before declared in the fifth Article,2 and the .3. Division. Leo saith, Christus dedit Aquae, quod dedit Matri. Virtus enim Al•issimi, & obumbratio Spiritus Sancti, quae fecit, ut Maria pareret Saluatorem, eadem fecit, ut Regeneraret unda credentem. Christ g•ue to the Water, that he g•ue to his Mother. For the power of the Highest, and the overshadowing of the Holy Ghost, that caused Mary to bear the Saviour, the same Pow•r hath caused the Water to Regenerate the believer. To like purpose saith Chrysostom▪ ⟨p. 426⟩Ut Sarā, non Natura, 3sed Dei promissio fecit matrē &c. As the promise of God, and not Nature made Sarah a Mother, 4even so our Regeneration by Nature is nothing. But the Words of God, which the Faithful know, being pronounced by the Priest in the Bathe of Water, do form, and Regenerate him, that is Baptized, as it were, in his mothers womb. So they were wont to singe at the hallowing of the Fonte, Descendat Spiritus Sanctus in hane plenitudinem Aquae, 5totamque eius Substantiā Regenerationis foecunde• effectu. Let thy Holy Ghost come down into this fullness of Water, and let it fill the whole Substance thereof with the effect of Regeneration. Thus Leo, Chrysostom, and other Old Fathers, acknowledge the Omnipotency of God in the Sacrament of Baptism: yet did they not think it therefore necessary, to Transubstantiate the Nature, and Substance of the Water. The same S. Cyprian, (all be it in deed it is not S. Cyprian, but a far later writer, as by good proofs it doth appear) writing only of the Blessing of the Holy Oil, allegeth likewise the omnipotent Power of God above Nature, His words be these, Sanctificatis Elementis, jam non propria Natura praebet effectum: