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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 › M. Harding. The .6. Division.Article 2 › M. Hardinge. The .6. Diuision.
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M. Harding. The .6. Division.
M. Hardinge. The .6. Diuision.
Thus he wrot• before he had conceived perfect hatred against the Church. But after that he had been better acquainted with the Devil, and of him, appearing unto him sensibly, had been instructed with arguments against the Sacrifice of the Mass, 511 that the memory of our Redemption by Christ wrought on the Cross, might utterly be abolished▪ […]wr•te hereof far otherwise. Si quo ca•u Concilium statueret, minime omnium nos vellemus utraque specie potiri•imo tunc primum in despectum Concilij, vellemus aut una, aut neutra, & nequaquam utraque poti••, & eos plave anathema habere, quicunque talis Concilij authoritate potirentur viraque. •f in any case the Council would so ordain, we would in no wise have both the kinds: but even then in despite of the Council, we would have one kind, or neither of them, and in no wise both: and hold them for accursed, who so ever by authority of such a Council would have both. These words declare, what spirit Luther was of. They show him like him self. Who so ever readeth his books with indifferent judgement, shall find that sithens the Apostles time, never wrote man so arrogantly, ne so despitefully against the Church, nor so contrarily to him self. Which marks be so evident, that who so ever will not see them, but suffereth him self to be carried away into error hatred of the Church, and contempt of all godliness, either by him, or by his scholars: except he repent and return, he is guilty of his own damnation, utterly overthrown, and sinneth inexcusably, as one condemned by his own judgement. But for excuse hereof, in his book of the Captivity of Babylon, he confesseth, that he wrote thus, not for that he thought so, nor for that he judged the use of one kind unlawful, but because he was stirred by hatred and anger so to do. His words do sound so much plainly. Provocatus, imo per vim raptus. I wrote this, saith he, otherwise then I thought in my heart, provoked, and by violence pulled to it, whether I would or no. Here I doubt not, but wise men will regard more, that Luther wrote when his mind was quiet and calm, then when it was enraged with blustering storms of naughty affections.