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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 12 › M. Harding. The .10. Division.Article 12 › M. Hardinge. The .10. Diuision.
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M. Harding. The .10. Division.
M. Hardinge. The .10. Diuision.
And the cause, why Tertullian so expounded these words of Christ, was, that thereby he •ight take advantage against Marcion the heretic, as many times the fathers in heat of disputation do handle some places, not after the exact signification of the words, but rather follow such ⟨p. 461⟩way, as serveth them best to confute their adversary. Which manner not reporting any untruth, S. Basil doth excuse in the setting forth of a disputation, not in prescribing of a Doctrine. As he defendeth Gregorius Neocaesariensis against the Sabellians,1 for that in a contention he had with Aelianus an Ethnic, to declare the Mysteries of the Trinity, he used the word, [Greek or Hebrew], in stead of [Greek or Hebrew]. And the learned men, that be well seen in the Fathers, know, they must use a discretion, and a sundry judge between the things they write Agonisti [Greek or Hebrew], that is to say, by way of contention or disputation, and the things they utter, Dogmatic [Greek or Hebrew], that is, by way of setting forth a doctrine, or matter of Faith. Neither in that contention did Tertullian so much regard the exact use of words,2 as how he might win his purpose, and drive his adversary, denying that Christ took the true Body of man, and that he suffered death in deed, to confess the trueth, which he thought to bring to pass, by deducing of an argument from the Figure of his Body, which consisteth in that,3