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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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They say, We know, that Images are Creatures Corruptible: and therefore we neither use them, nor take them as Goddes. And thus they think them selves very wise men, that can know, that Birds, and Children be able to know. Even so the Heathens were wont to say of their Idols. Cicero confesseth, Jo•em lapidem non esse Deum, That Juppiter is a stone, and no God. Lactantius hereof writeth thus, Non •psa, inquit, Adoramus, sed eos ad quorum Imagines facta, & quorum nominibus Consecrata sunt. The Infidel will say, even as M. Harding here saith, We worship not our Images, but our Gods, unto whose likeness the Images are made, and in whose names they are Consecrate. The like •ereof we may find in S. Augustine,1 in Athanasius, in Sozomenus, and in others: And this excuse was then, as now, thought sufficient,2
They saye, Wee knowe, that Images are Creatures Corruptible: and therefore wee neither vse them, nor take them as Goddes. And thus they thinke them selues very wise menne, that can knowe, that Birdes, and Children be hable to knowe. Euen so the Heathens were wonte to say of their Idolles. Cicero confesseth, Io•em lapidem non esse Deum, That Iuppiter is a stoane, and no God. Lactantius hereof writeth thus, Non •psa, inquit, Adoramus, sed eos ad quorum Imagines facta, & quorum nominibus Consecrata sunt. The Infidel wil say, euen as M. Hardinge here saith, VVe woorship not our Images, but our Goddes, vnto whose likenesse the Images are made, and in whose names they are Consecrate. The like •ereof we may finde in S. Augustine,1 in Athanasius, in Sozomenus, and in others: And this excuse was then, as now, thought sufficient,2