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An answer to the Ten reasons of Edmund Campian the Jesuit in confidence whereof…An ansvvere to the Ten reasons of Edmund Campian the Iesuit in confidence wherof…
An answer to the Ten reasons of Edmund Campian the Jesuit in confidence whereof he offered disputation to the ministers of the Church of England, in the controversy of faith. Whereunto is added in brief marginal notes, the sum of the defence of those reasons by John Duræus the Scot, being a priest and a Jesuit, with a reply unto it. Written first in the Latin tongue by the reverend and faithful servant of Christ and his Church, William Whitakers, Doctor in Divinity, and the Kings Professor and public reader of Divinity in the University of Cambridge. And now faithfully translated for the benefit of the unlearned (at the appointment and desire of some in authority) into the English tongue; by Richard Stock, preacher in London. ...An ansvvere to the Ten reasons of Edmund Campian the Iesuit in confidence wherof he offered disputation to the ministers of the Church of England, in the controuersie of faith. Whereunto is added in briefe marginall notes, the summe of the defence of those reasons by Iohn Duræus the Scot, being a priest and a Iesuit, with a reply vnto it. Written first in the Latine tongue by the reuerend and faithfull seruant of Christ and his Church, William Whitakers, Doctor in Diuinitie, and the Kings Professor and publike reader of Diuinitie in the Vniuersitie of Cambridge. And now faithfully translated for the benefit of the vnlearned (at the appointment and desire of some in authoritie) into the English tongue; by Richard Stocke, preacher in London. ...
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Cuthbert Burby and Edmund Weaver, 1606London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Cuthbert Burby and Edmund Weauer, 1606
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Polycarp in the question about Easter went to Rome, Smyrna gathered his relics. Wonderful reasons. Polycarp went to Rome to consult with Anycetus about Easter, and Smyrna gathered his relics; ergo Polycarp is yours. Doth not the learned Universities make you ashamed of this childish sophistry?h His bones indeed were gathered by the Church of Smyrna, not to worship them, but to bury them, as Eusebius in the same place recordeth. But why are Cornelius and Cyprian yours? forsooth, because Cornelius abolished the i African error, and Cyprian had him in great reverence. Oh wonderful Jesuitical Logic lwho can choose but be much moved with such strong reasons? But let us hear another.
Polycarpe in the question about Easter went to Rome, Smyrna gathered his reliques. Wonderfull reasons. Polycarpe went to Rome to consult with Anycetus about Easter, and Smyrna gathered his reliques; ergo Polycarpe is yours. Doth not the learned Vniuersities make you ashamed of this childish sophistrie?h His bones indeed were gathered by the Church of Smyrna, not to worship them, but to bury them, as Eusebius in the same place recordeth. But why are Cornelius and Cyprian yours? forsooth, because Cornelius abolished the i African error, and Cyprian had him in great reuerence. Oh wonderfull Iesuiticall Logick lwho can chuse but be much moued with such strong reasons? But let vs heare another.
- hDVR. Envy maketh you forge an untruth. And while. for eunie you pine away a• the honour which is given of Christians to the relics of Martyrs, you imitate the Jews and the Devil. WHIT. pag. 865. I have spoken neither less nor more then Eusebius hath written who thē lived▪ After we had gathered his banes being more precious then pearles and gold, we buried them where it was thought sit. And as for the relics of Sai•ns, I envy them not, the Saints themselves I ever honourably remember. But that the relics of Saints were worshipped with religious honour, as they are in your Church, you shall never be able to prove.