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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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Therefore the Apostles of Christ, and all other godly Fathers have evermore encouraged the people to read the Scriptures: and evermore thought the Church of God to be in best case, when the people was best instructed. S. Paul saith, Let the Word of God dwell abundantly amongst you.1 Polycarpus2 saith to the people, Confido vos bene exercitatos esse in Sacris Literis: My trust is, that ye be well instructed in the Holy Scriptures. Origen3 saith unto his people, Give your diligence, not only to hear God's Word in the Church, but also to be exercised in the same in your houses at home, and day and night to be studious in the law of the Lord. S. Augustine4 saith, Read ye the Holy Scriptures. For to that end God would have them written, that we might receive comfort by them. S. Hierome5 saith, as it is alleged before, Laici, non tantùm sufficienter, sed etiam abundanter Verbum Dei habere debent, & see inuicem docere: The Lay People ought to have the Word of God, not only sufficiently, but also abundantly, and to instruct one an other. S. Chrysostom6 willeth the Father with his Child, and the Husband with his Wife, at home in his house to talk, and reason of the Word of God. Theodoretus writeth thus, Passim videas haec nostratia dogmata, &c. Ye may commonly see, that not only the Teachers of the People, and Rulers of the Churches, but also Tailors, Smiths, and Clothe workers, and other Artificers do understand the Principles of our Religion: And further, that not only learned women, if there be any such, but also such Women as live by their labour, and Sewsters, and Maid servants, but also Husbandmen, and Ditchers, and Herdmen, and Graffers can reason of the Holy Trinity, and of the Creation of the world, and of the Nature of mankind, a great deal more skilfully, then either Plato, or Aristotle was ever able to do. Therefore Origen7