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The true copies of the letters between the reverend father in God John Bishop…The true copies of the letters betwene the reuerend father in God Iohn Bisshop…
The true copies of the letters between the reverend father in God John Bishop of Sarum and D. Cole upon occasion of a sermon that the said Bishop preached before the Queens Majesty, and her most honourable Counsel. 1560. Set forth and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Queens Maiesties iniunctions. Cum gratia & privilegio Regiæ Maiestatis per septennium.The true copies of the letters betwene the reuerend father in God Iohn Bisshop of Sarum and D. Cole vpon occasion of a sermon that the said Bishop preached before the Quenes Maiestie, and hir most honorable Counsel. 1560. Set forthe and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions. Cum gratia & priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis per septennium.
London: printed by John Day, 1560
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Ye say the law accounteth no man possessorem malae fidei. yt hath continued in possession one hundred years. Which thing notwt standing I can be content to gaunt you to be true in the civil law, yet is it not true in the law of God, & that, as ye know is proved by divers authorities even in your own decrees. Dist. 8. There is alleged s. Augustin, whose words are these.
Ye say the law accompteth no man possessorem malae fidei. yt hath continued in possession one hundred yeares. Which thing notwt standing I can be content to gaūt you to be true in the ciuile law, yet is it not true in the law of God, & that, as ye know is proued by diuers authorities euē in your own decrees. Dist. 8. There is alleged s. Augustin, whose words are these.
Veritate manifestata, cedat consuetudo veritati. Nemo cousuetudinem rationi, & veritati praeponat: quia consuetudinem ratio & veritas semper excludit. After y• trueth is once found out, let custom give place unto the truth. Let no man set custom before truth and reason, for reason and trueth evermore ⟨p. 54⟩put custom to silence.
Veritate manifestata, cedat consuetudo veritati. Nemo cousuetudinem rationi, & veritati praeponat: quia consuetudinem ratio & veritas semper excludit. After y• trueth is once found out, let custom geue place vnto the truth. Let no man set custom before truth and reasō, for reason and trueth euermore ⟨p. 54⟩put custom to silence.