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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 17 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 17 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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Whereof also groweth some suspicion, that his Store of Old Records, is not so plenteous, as it is supposed.
Whereof also groweth some suspicion, that his Stoare of Olde Recordes, is not so plenteous, as it is supposed.
But where he saith, Christ was thus Invisibly Sacrificed in Heaven, I marvel, he saith not likewise, that Pilate, Annas, Caiaphas, the Soldiers, and the Tormentors were likewise in Heaven, to make this Sacrifice. For without this Company Christs Blood was not Shed: And without Shedding of Blood, 1S. Paul saith, There is no Sacrifice for Remission of Sin. This Fable is so vain, that, I believe, M. Harding him self is not well able, to expound his own meaning. Origen saith, There were some in his time, that thought,2 That, as Christ was Crucified in this world for the living, so he should afterward suffer, and be Crucified In the world to come for the dead. But that Christ was thus Thorneprickte, Naileboarde, Spearepearsed, and Crucified in Heaven, I think, no man ever saw, or said, but M. Harding. The Apostles, the Evangelists,3 the Old Doctors, and Ancient Fathers never knew it. S. Paul saith, Semel seipsum obtulit: Once he offered up him self: 4Semel introivit in Sancta: Once he entered into the holy place.
But where he saithe, Christe was thus Inuisibly Sacrificed in Heauen, I marueile, he saithe not likewise, that Pilate, Annas, Caiphas, the Souldiers, and the Tourmentours were likewise in Heauen, to make this Sacrifice. For without this Companie Christes Bloud was not Shead: And without Sheaddinge of Bloude, 1