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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 14 › M. Harding. The .3. Division.Article 14 › M. Hardinge. The .3. Diuision.
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It were not much beside our purpose here to rehearse the place of Ezekiel the Prophet,1 where God commanded one, that was clothed in linen, and had an inkhorn by his side, to go through the midst of Jerusalem, and to print the sign of TAV, that is the sign of the Cross (for that letter had the similitude of the Cross among the old Hebrew letters, as S. Hierom witnesseth) in the foreheads of the men, that mourned, and made moan over all the abominations of that City.
It were not muche beside our purpose here to rehearse the place of Ezechiel the Prophet,1 where God commaunded one, that was clothed in linnen, and had an inkehorne by his side, to goe through the middes of Hierusalem, and to print the signe of TAV, that is the signe of the Crosse (for that letter had the similitude of the Crosse amonge the olde Hebrewe letters, as S. Hierom witnesseth) in the foreheades of the menne, that mourned, and made mone ouer al the abhominations of that Citie.
- 1Ezech. 9. In Commentar. in Ezechiel•.
Touching the Sign,1 Image, or Figure of the Cross in the time of the New Testament, God seemeth by his Providence, and by special warnings, in sundry revelations, and secrete declarations of his will, to have commended the same to men, that they should have it in good regard, and remembrance. When Constantine the Emperor had prepared him self to war against Maxentius the Tyrant, casting in his mind the great dangers that might thereof ensue, and calling to God for help, as he looked up, beheld (as it were in a vision) the Sign of the Cross appearing unto him in Heaven as bright as fire, and, as he was astonied with that strange sight, he hard a voice speaking thus unto him, Constantine in this overcome.