A04474:2968
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 13 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 13 › 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 B. of Salisbury.
The B. of Sarisburie.
I marvel, with what honest countenance M. Harding could allege this godly Father so unadvisedly,1 to prove his Mass. For he knoweth well, and being learned, cannot choose but know, that Leo both elsewhere in all other places and also specially in this same place, beareth witness directly against his Mass. But, as Alchemists profess a skill, to turn all manner Metals into Gold: so these men seem to have learned a skill,2 to transubstantiate, and to turn all things, what so ever, into their Mass. It is evident by S. Augustine, and S. Hierome, that lived not long before Leo, that then in Rome, where Leo was Bishop, the whole people received the Holy Communion every day:3 Which Communion Leo calleth Missa, by a Latin word, then newly received in the Latin Church. In which ⟨p. 484⟩Church, like as also in the Church of Graecia, and Asia, there was only one such Mass, or Communion said upon one day: onlesse it had otherwise been thought necessary upon occasion of the multitude of Communicants, until the time of Pope Deusdedit, which was in the year of our Lord six hundred, and fifteen, as it shall appear in the next division of this Article.
I marueile, with what honest countenance M. Hardinge coulde allege this godly Father so vnaduisedly,1 to prooue his Masse. For he knoweth wel, and being learned, cannot choose but know, that Leo bothe elswhere in al other places and also specially in this same place, beareth witnesse directly against his Masse. But, as Alcumistes professe a skil, to turne al manner Metalles into Golde: so these men seeme to haue learned a skil,