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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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After that Julian the Emperor had forsaken the Profession of Christen Religion,1 and had done Sacrifice at the temples of Paynims, moving his subjects to do the like: as he marched forward with his army on a day,2 the drops of rain, that fell down out of the •yer in a shower, formed and made tokens and signs of the Cross, both in his, and also in the soldiers garments.
After that Iulian the Emperour had forsaken the Profession of Christen Religion,1 and had done Sacrifice at the temples of Painyms, mouing his subiectes to doo the like: as he marched forward with his armie on a daie,2 the droppes of rayne, that fell downe out of the •yer in a shewer, formed and made tokens and signes of the Crosse, bothe in his, and also in the souldiers garmentes.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
- 2Sozomen• Tripart. hist. lib. 5. cap. 50.
Rufinus having declared the strange,1 and horrible plagues of God, whereby the Jews were frayed, and letted from their vain attempt of building up again the temple at Jerusalem, leave thereto of the Emperor Julian in despite of the Christians obtained: in the end saith, that least those earthquakes, and terrible fires, which he speaketh of, raised by God, whereby as well the workhouses, and preparations toward the building, as also great multitudes of the Jews were thrown down, caste abroad, and destroyed, should be thought to happen by chance: the night following these plagues, the sign of the Cross appeared in every one of their garments so evidently, as none, to cloak their infidelity, was able by any kind of thing to scour it out, and put it away. When the temples of the Paynims were destroyed by Christians in Alexandria,