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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.
Some say, this Decree was made by Pope Anacletus: some others say, by Soter: and so they seem not to be yet throughly resolved upon the Author.1 But if we had not good cause to doubt of the authority of these Decrees, and Epistles Decretal, we would the less doubt of their doctrine. It was evermore the Common practise of deceivers, to blaze their doings by the names of such, as they knew to be in estimation in the world. For to pass by Homer, Hesiod, Cicero, Plautus, and such others counted learned and famous among the Heathens, in whose names many counterfeit books were set abroad, S. Paul him self willeth the Thessalonians not to suffer them selves to be drawn from their faith,2 Neither by spirit, nor by talk, nor by letter as sent from him. By which last words he signifieth, that letters sometime were falsified, and set abroad in his name. So were there given out Gospels in the name of Peter, Thomas, and other the Apostles: and other matters of small weight in the names of Augustine, Hierome, Ambrose, ⟨p. 67⟩Cyprian, and other like. This was unto some a common pastime: and many godly Fathers complain much of it.
Some say, this Decree was made by Pope Anacletus: some others say, by Soter: and so they séeme not to be yet throughly resolued vpon the Authour.1