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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 › M. Harding. The .13. Division.Article 15 › M. Hardinge. The .13. Diuision.
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M. Harding. The .13. Division.
M. Hardinge. The .13. Diuision.
The peril of it is known by sundry examples both of times paste, and also of this present age. For out of this root hath sprung the sect of the Valdenses,1 otherwise called Pauperes de Lugduno. For Valdo a Merchant of Lions their first Author, of whom they were named Valdenses, being an unlearned Lay man, procured certain Books of the Scripture to be translated into his own language, which when he used to Read, and understood not, he fell into many errors. Of the same wellspring issued the filthy puddles of the Sects called Adamitae, or Picardi, Bogardi, and Turelupini: and of late years beside the same sect of Admits newly revived, also the Anabaptists, and Suenckfe•dians. Wherefore that Edict, or Proclamation of the worthy Princes Ferdinando, and Elizabeth King, and Queen of Spain, is of many much commended, by which they gave straight ••mm•undement, that under great penalties no man should translate the Bible into the vulgar ⟨p. 538⟩punish tongue, and that no man should be found to have the same translated in any wise. These and the like be the reasons and considerations, which have moved many men to think, the setting forth of the whole Bible, and of every part of the Scripture in the vulgar tongue, for all sorts of persons to read without exception or limitation, to be a thing not necessary to Salvation, nor other wise convenient nor profitable, but contrariwise dangerous and hurtful.
The peril of it is knowen by sundry examples bothe of times paste, and also of this present age. For out of this roote hath spronge the secte of the Valdenses,