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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 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 14 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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Therefore the Faithful, that believed in Christ, in all their talks, & in their whole life, & conversation, used so much the more to extol, & magnify the same, in reproach of the enemies of the Cross of Christ, both Jews, and Gentiles. For that cause S. Paul saith, I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: 1for it is the Power of God unto Salvation. And, God forbid, that I should rejoice in any thing, 2but only in the Cross of Jesus Christ: And, I reckon me self to know nothing, but only Jesus Christ, 3and the same Christ Crucified upon the Cross. Thus S. Paul triumphed of that thing, ⟨p. 501⟩that in the world was so deeply despised: As if he would have said, This is that infirmity,4 that hath conquered the world: This is that villainy, and reproach, that hath lead captivity away captive, that hath spoiled the Principalities, & Powers of Darkness. Thus, as Theodorete recordeth,5 the Christians everywhere, in their common resorts, and in the open market places published, and Proclaimed the Victory, and Triumph of the Cross: Which, as Chrysostom saith,6 they were not ashamed to set, as a pos•e, to any thing, that they did, and to any thing, that they possessed. Likewise God, that the world might the more deeply think of the Death of Christ, wrought oftentimes strange Miracles by the same, as he did by Pauls Napkins,7 by Elisha bones, and by Peters shadow. Then the first Christened Emperor Constantinus, seeing that thing became so glorious, that before had been so slanderous, to increase the estimation thereof, commanded straitly by a Law,8