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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.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
This manner of the Church considered, Tertullian being a Priest, as S. Hierome writeth of him,1 and having a wife, wrote unto her an exhortation, that if it should please God, to take him first from the world, that she would remain still unmarried, or at the least not match with any Heathen, showing her the dangers that thereof might ensue: that she should be suffered neither to keep the solemn feasts, nor to watch, nor to pray with the Congregation. Among other things he saith thus:2 And will not thy husband know, what thou eatest before other meats? And if he know it, he will believe it to be Bread, but not that Bread that it is called.
This maner of the Churche considered, Tertullian being a Priest, as S. Hierome writeth of him,1 and hauing a wife, wrote vnto her an exhortation, that if it shoulde please God, to take him first from the worlde, that she woulde remayne stil vnmaried, or at the least not matche with any Heathen, shewing her the dangers that thereof might ensue: that she should be suffered neither to kéepe the solemne feastes, nor to watche, nor to pray with the Congregation. Amonge other thinges he saithe thus:2 And wil not thy husbande know, what thou eatest before other meates? And if he know it, he wil beleeue it to be Breade, but not that Breade that it is called.
- 1Hieronymus: De Ecclesiast. Scrip. Tertullian a married Priest.Hieronymus: De Ecclesiast. Scrip. Tertullian a maried Priest.
- 2Tertullian, li. 2. ad uxorem.Tertullian, li. 2. ad vxorem.