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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 15 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 15 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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The B. of Salisbury.
The B. of Sarisburie.
The Lay people is occupied in worldly affairs: Ergo, saith M. Harding, they may not be suffered to read the Scriptures: As if he would say, They are in the middest of diseases: Therefore they may use no Physician. They are in the throng of their enemies, Therefore they must be lea•te naked without weapon. But the godly learned Fathers have evermore reproved this reason, & thought it childish. S. Chrysostom saith thus unto the Lay people, 1Lectio divinarum Scripturarum vobis magis necessaria est, quàm Monachis: The Reading of the Scriptures is more necessary for you, then, it is for Monks. And touching Worldly Cares, the world well seeth, ye the Bishop of Rome, & his Cardinals, & others of that profession, are no less troubled therewith, then they, that are most deeply drowned in the world. S. Gregory, being by the Emperor advanced to the Bishopric of Rome, 2writeth thus of him self: Sub colore Episcopatus, ad saeculum retractus sum: in quo tantis terrae curis inseruio, quantis me in vita Laica nequaquam deseruisse reminiscor: Under the colour of my Bishopric, I am drawn back into the world: wherein I am so much troubled with worldly cares, as I do not remember the like, when I lived in the world.3 And again he saith, Tanta me occupationum onera deprimunt, ut ad superna animus nullatenus erigatur. So many cares, and business do press me down, that I can in no wise li•te my mind up to Heaven. Yet Gregory in comparison of his Successors might undoubtedly seem a Saint. For as now, they have one foot in the Church, and an other in the world: or rather not one foot in the Church, but both heart, and body in the world.