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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 1 › M. Harding. The .17. Division.Article 1 › M. Hardinge. The .17. Diuision.
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M. Harding. The .17. Division.
M. Hardinge. The .17. Diuision.
Tertullian exhorting his wife that if he died before her,1 she marry not again, specially to an Infidel▪ showing that if she did, it would be hard for her to observe her religion without great inconvenience,2 saithe thus: Non sciet maritus, quid secretò ante omnem cibum gustes? Et si sciverit, Panem, non illum credet esse, qui dicitur. Will not thy husband know what thou eatest secretly before all other meat? And if he do know, he will believe it to be Bread, and not (27)3 him, who it is called. He hath the like saying in his book De Corona Militis. which place plainly declareth unto us the belief of the Church then in three great points by M. Ivel and the rest of our Gospellers utterly denied. The one that the Communion may be kept: the second, that it may be received by one alone without other company: the third, that the thing reverently, and devoutly before other meats received, is not Bread, as the Infidels then, and the Sacramentaries now believe: but he who it is said to be of Christian people, or who it is called, that is 284 our Maker and Redeemer, or, which is the same, our Lords Body. And by this place of Tertullian, as also by diverse other ancient Doctors, we may gather, that in the times of persecution the manner was, that the Priests delivered to devout and godly men and women the Sacrament Consecrated in the Church to carry home with them, to receive a part of it every morning fasting, as their devotion served them, so secretly as they might, that the Infidels should not espy them, nor get any knowledge of the holy Mysteries. And this was done because they might not assemble them selves in solemn congregation, for fear of the Infidels amongst whom they dwelt. Neither should the case of necessity have excused them of the breach of Christs commandment, if the Sole Communion had been expressly forbidden, as we are borne in hand by those that uphold the contrary doctrine. And Origen that ancient Doctor, and likewise S. Augustine doth write of the great reverence, fear, and wariness, that the men and women used in receiving the Sacrament in a clean linen clothe to carry it home with them for the same purpose. S. Cyprian writeth of a woman that did the like, though unworthily after this sort.