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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 2 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 2 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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The Council of Basil above one hundred and thirty years paste,1 made no conscience to grant the use of both kinds unto the kingdom of Bohemia: and this Council now presently holden at Trident,2 upon certain conditions hath granted the same to other Kingdoms, and Countries: and were it not, they should seem to confess, the Church of Rome hath erred, they would not doubt to grant the same freely to the whole world. None of them all can tell, neither when, nor where, nor how this error first began.3 Some think it sprang only of a certain superstition and simplicity of the people. But whence so ever it first began, as Tertullian writeth of the frowardness, that he saw in certain of his time, it must now needs be maintained, and made good against the trueth. His words be these: Consuetudo initium ab aliqua ignorantia, vel simplicitate sortita in usum per successionem corroboratur, & it a aduersus veritatem vendicatur. Sed Dominus noster Christ•s Veritatem se, non Con•uetudinem, cognominavit. Viderint ergo, quibus novum est, quod sibi vetus est. Haereses non tam novitas, quam veritas revincit. Quodcunque aduersus veritatem sapit, hoc erit Haeresis, etiam vetus consuetudo. Custom, either of simplicity, or of ignorance, getting once an entry, is inured, and hardened by succession: and then is defended against the trueth. But Christ our Lord called him self the Trueth, and not Custom. Let them take heed therefore, unto whom the thing seemeth new, that in it self is old. It is not so much the novelty of the matter, as the trueth that reproveth an Heresy. What so ever savoureth against the trueth, it is an heresy, be the Custom thereof never so old.
The Councel of Basile aboue one hundred and thirtie yéeres paste,1 made no conscience to graunte the vse of bothe kindes vnto the kingedome of Bohemia: and this Councel nowe presently holden at Trident,2 vpon certaine conditions hath graunted the same to other Kingedomes, and Countries: and were it not, they should séeme to confesse, the Churche of Rome hath erred, they woulde not doubte to graunte the same freely to the whole worlde. None of them al can tel, neither when, nor where, nor how this errour firste beganne.