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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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As for the Matrimony of the Godly,1 as S. Paul saith, it is clean and honourable in all estates. And therefore S. Chrysostom saith, Use thy Marriage with sobriety, and thou shalt be the chief in the kingdom of Heaven. And the same Chrysostom expounding these words of S. Paul, Marriage is honourable, writeth thus: Here he toucheth the Jews,2 that reckon the Marriage bed to be unclean, and that a man rising from the same, can not be in clean life. But o you most unkind, and most insensible Jews. The thing is not filthy, that God hath granted of nature unto man &c.
As for the Matrimonie of the Godly,1 as S. Paule saithe, it is cleane and honorable in al estates. And therefore S. Chrysostome saithe, Vse thy Mariage with sobrietie, and thou shalt be the chiefe in the kingedome of Heauen. And the same Chrysostome expoundinge these woordes of S. Paule, Mariage is honorable, writeth thus: Here he toucheth the Iewes,2 that recken the Mariage bedde to be vncleane, and that a man risinge frō the same, can not be in cleane life. But o you moste vnkinde, and most insensible Iewes. The thinge is not filthie, that God hath graunted of nature vnto man &c.
- 1Ad Hebraeos. 3. Chrysostom ad Hebraeos Homil. 7.
- 2Chrysost. ad Hebraeos homil. 8.
Touching Erasmus M. Harding hath already refused his authority, and turned him over to his own defence. Where he saith, every man was wont in old times to receive the Sacrament severally at home: it would much better have sounded of M. Hardinges side, if Erasmus had said, every man was wont then to say Mass severally at home. And all be it in that short not upon S. Hierome he seem to understand