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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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Further as this Doctor saith, S. Basil had this Dream or Vision, and reserved this portion of the Sacrament,1 immediately after he was made Bishop of Caesarea: and after that, as it is clear by other stories, continued Bishop there seven years at the least. Now judge thou (Gentle Reader) what kind of bread that would have been after seven years keeping, to be given to a sick man in his death bed. So many absurdities, and contrarieties, may easily be found in the very show, and sight of this childish fable.
Further as this Doctour saithe, S. Basile had this Dreame or Uision, and reserued this portion of the Sacrament,1 immediatly after he was made Bishop of Caesarea: and after that, as it is cleare by other stories, continued Bishop there seuen yeres at the leaste. Nowe iudge thou (Gentle Reader) what kinde of breade that woulde haue béene after seuen yeeres kepinge, to be geuen to a sicke man in his death bedde. So manie absurdities, and contrarieties, may easily be founde in the very shewe, and sight of this childishe fable.
- 1The Sacrament reserved seven years.The Sacrament reserued seuen yeeres.
Yet saith M. Harding, Here doth M. Ivel with his Consacramentaries stagger, and knoweth not what to say. Yea verily, M. Harding, we are astonied to consider the wonderful, and just judgements of God, that any man should so wilfully renounce God's known truth, and be thus utterly given over to follow lies: ⟨p. 85⟩or so much to presume of his own wit and eloquence, that he thinketh himself able to over rule and lead all the world with a fable. As for a•es or •• struments to hew up this knot, we need none. Every child may see […]: It openeth, and looseth it self. Christ cometh with his Apo […] from heaven to hear Mass: The Apostles singe Mass by note: Christ […] the Clerks part, and attendeth the priest: Amphilochius writeth Thomas Becket's Life seven hundred years before he was borne: S. Basil lieth all night in the Vestry: He hangeth up a golden Dove first, and maketh it afterward: He keepeth a portion of the Sacrament seven years together: He receiveth the same in his death bed, and is buried, or, as M. Harding delighteth rather to say, is interred with it: besides a multitude of other like follies, and fables. This is that wonderful Gordius fatal knot, that can never be opened without an are.