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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 › The. B. of Salisbury.Article 1 › The. B. of Sarisburie.
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The. B. of Salisbury.
The. B. of Sarisburie.
M. Harding sh•oteth fair, but far from the mark. To prove Private Mass in the Primitive Church, for lack of Priests he allegeth Tertullians wife, certain women out of Cyprian, and Serapions boy: not the fittest people that might have been found to say Mass. And yet that the folly might the more appear, he hath besides given a special note in the Margin of his book, by these words, Proofs for Private Mass. Whereof I conceive some hope, that he mindeth no more to slip away under the colour of single Communion, as he hath done hitherto: but simply, and plainly, as he hath here noted unto the world, to stand upon the bare terms of Private Mass. For else his note was not worth the noting.
M. Hardinge sh•oteth faire, but far from the marke. To proue Priuate Masse in the Primitiue Churche, for lacke of Priestes he allegeth Tertullians wife, certaine wemen out of Cyprian, and Serapions boy: not ye fittest people that might haue been founde to say Masse. And yet that the folie might the more appeare, he hath besides geuen a special note in the Margine of his booke, by these woordes, Proufes for Priuate Masse. Wherof I conceiue some hope, that he mindeth no more to slippe away vnder the colour of single Communion, as he hath doone hitherto: but simply, and plainely, as he hath here noted vnto the worlde, to stande vpon the bare termes of Priuate Masse. For els his note was not woorth the noting.
As touching Tertullian, we must remember that the faithful in that time, for fear of the Tyrants under whom they lived, were often driven to pray a sunder. Wherefore when they might privily assemble together, besides that they presently received there, they reserved certain portions of the Mysteries to be received afterward in their houses at home, to put them daily the better in remembrance, that they were the members of one Church.