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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 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 12 › The B. of Sarisburie.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The like difference we may find between the state of the Gospel, and the state of the life, that is to come. For although the things be one, yet the fruition of the same is not one: and in respect of that abundance of Glory, that we look for, all that we have, and enjoy already, is but a Figure. And therefore S. Augustine saithe,1 Cùm Christus tradiderit Regnum D•o, & Patri, in illa perspicua contemplatione incommutabilis Veritatis, nullis Mysterijs Corporalibus indigebimus. When Christ shall have delivered the Kingdom to God, and the Father, in that plain contemplation of the unchangeable Trueth, we shall need no Bodily Mysteries.
The like difference wée may finde bitweene the state of the Gospel, and the state of the life, that is to come. For although the thinges be one, yet the fruition of the same is not one: and in respecte of that abundance of Glorie, that wée looke for, al that we haue, and enioie already, is but a Figure. And therefore S. Augustine saithe,1 Cùm Christus tradiderit Regnum D•o, & Patri, in illa perspicua contemplatione incommutabilis Veritatis, nullis Mysterijs Corporalibus indigebimus. VVhen Christe shal haue deliuered the Kingedome to God, and the Father, in that plaine contemplation of the vnchangeable Truethe, we shal neede no Bodily Mysteries.
- 1Augustin. contra Faustum lib. 12. ca. 20.
Likewise he writeth of the Sacrament of Baptism: Ungimur modò in Sacramento: ⟨p. 469⟩& Sacramento ipso praefiguratur quiddam,1