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An answerAn aunsvvere
An answer by the Reverend Father in God Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and metropolitan, unto a crafty and sophistical cavillation, devised by Stephen Gardiner Doctor of Law, late Bishop of Winchester against the true and godly doctrine of the most holy sacrament, of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ Wherein is also, as occasion serveth, answered such places of the book of Doct. Richard Smith, as may seem any thing worthy the answering. Here is also the true copy of the book written, and in open court delivered, by D. Stephen Gardiner ...An aunsvvere by the Reuerend Father in God Thomas Archbyshop of Canterbury, primate of all England and metropolitane, vnto a craftie and sophisticall cauillation, deuised by Stephen Gardiner Doctour of Law, late Byshop of Winchester agaynst the true and godly doctrine of the most holy sacrament, of the body and bloud of our sauiour Iesu Christ Wherein is also, as occasion serueth, aunswered such places of the booke of Doct. Richard Smith, as may seeme any thyng worthy the aunsweryng. Here is also the true copy of the booke written, and in open court deliuered, by D. Stephen Gardiner ...
London: printed by John Daye, 1580London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1580
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And after the world was purged by the flood, fell it not by and by to the former iniquity again?1 so that within few years after, Abraham could find no place, where he might be suffered to worship the true living God, but that God appointed him a strange country, almost clearly desolate and uninhabited: where he and a few other, (contrary to the usage of the world) honoured one God.
And after the world was purged by the floud, fell it not by and by to the former iniquitie agayne?1 so that within few yeares after, Abraham could find no place, where he might be suffered to worshyp the true liuyng God, but that God appointed him a straunge countrey, almost clearely desolate and vnhabited: where hee and a fewe other, (contrary to the vsage of the world) honored one God.
- 1Gene. 12.
And after the great benefits of God, showed unto his people of Israel, and the law also given unto them (whereby they were taught to know him, and honour him) yet how many times did they fall from him? Did they not from time to time make them new Gods, & worship them? Was not the open face of the Church so miserably deformed, not only in the wilderness, ⟨p. 408⟩and in the time of the Judges, but also in time of the kings, that after the division of the kingdom,1 amongest all the kings of Judah, there was but only three, in whose times the true Religion was restored, & among all the kings of Israel not so much as one. Were not all that time the true Priests of God, a few in number? Did not all the rest maintain Idolatry and all abominations in groves and mountains, worshipping Baal and other false Gods? And did they not murder and slay all the true Prophets, that taught them to worship the true God? In so much that Elijah the Prophet, knowing no mo of all the whole people that followed the right trade, but him self alone, made his complaint unto almighty God, saying: O Lord, they have slain thy Prophets, and overthrown thine altars,