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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
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O M. Harding, you know right well the weakness of your side. No man seeth it better, then your self. If you will dissemble, and say, ye •e it not, Open your eyes: behold your own Book: and you shall see it. You have forced the Old Doctors, and Ancient Fathers, to speak your mind, and not their own. And therefore they are now your Children: they are no Fathers: they are now your Scholars: you have set them to School: they are no Doctors. You should have brought some Trueth for proof of your purpose: The World will not now be lead with Lies.
O M. Hardinge, you know right wel the weakenesse of your side. Noman seeth it better, then your selfe. If you wil dissemble, and say, ye •e it not, Open your eies: beholde your owne Booke: and you shal see it. You haue forced the Olde Doctours, and Anciente Fathers, to speake your minde, and not their owne. And therefore they are now your Children: they are no Fathers: they are now your Scholars: you haue sette them to Schoole: they are no Doctours. You shoulde haue brought some Trueth for proufe of your purpose: The VVorlde wil not now be leadde with Lies.
These be cases, not of Wit, but of Faith: not of Eloquence, but of Trueth: not invented, or devised by us, but from the Apostles, and Holy Fathers, and Founders of the Church, by long succession brought unto us. We are not the Devisers thereof, but only the Keepers: not the Masters, but the Scholars. Touching the Substance of Religion, we Believe, that the Ancient, Catholic, Learned Fathers Believed: we do, that they did: we say, that they said. And marvel not, in what side so ever ye see them, if ye see us join unto the same. It is our great Comfort, that we see, their Faith, and our Faith to agree in one. And we pity, and lament your ⟨image 341⟩miserable case, that having of your selves erected a Doctrine, contrary to all the Ancient Fathers, yet would thus assay to colour the same, and to deceive the people only with the names, and titles of Ancient Fathers.