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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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The B. of Salisbury.
The B. of Sarisburie.
Eusebius him self showeth, that the Phoenicians being Heathens, and hearing, and seeing the strange Miracles, that had been wrought by Christ, and by his Apostles, made these Images in the honour of them, only of their Heathenish,1 and vain Superstition. His words be these, Nec mirum est, Veteres Ethnicos beneficio affectos à Seruatore nostro, ista fecisse. Nam & Apostolorum Pauli, 2& Petri, & ipsius Christi Imagines coloribus ductas, & seruatas vidimus. Et credibile est, priscos illos homines, non dum relicta avita Superstitione, ad hunc modum consuevisse collar illos Ethnica consue••dine, ranquam Seruatores. It is no marvel, that the Heathens, receiving such benefits of our Saviour, did these things. For we have seen the Images of Pau•e, of Peter, and of Christ, drawn in colours, and preserved. And it may well be thought, that men in old times, being not yet removed from the Superstition of their Fathers, used after this sort to worship them by an Heathenish custom, as their Saviours. By these words of Eusebius it is plain, that the use of Images came, not from Christ, or from the Apostles, as M. Harding saith, but from the Superstitious custom of the Heathens. Neither doth it appear, that those Images were set up in any Church.3 As for the Image of Christ, it is plain, ⟨p. 504⟩