Ye say full discreetly, If a man sin only in his heart, the King cannot have to do with him, for that be cannot enter, to know his secretes. Here, I beseech you, M. Harding, what entrance hath the Pope, to know the secretes of the Harte? Perhaps ye will say, the Pope may know all the world by Confession. But S. Augustine saithe, Quid mihi est cum hominibus,1 ut audiant Confessions meas, &c. Unde sciunt, cùm à me ipso de me ipso audiunt, an verum dicā: quandoquidem nemo scit hominū quid agatur in homine, nisi Spiritus hominis, qui in ipso est: What have I to do with these men, that they should hear my Confessions, &c. Howe know they, when they hear me report of me self, whether I say true, or no? For no man knoweth, what is in man, but the Sprite of man, 2that is within him. Again he saith unto the people, Intrantes vos, & exeuntes possumus videre. Usqueadeò autem non videmus, quid cogitetis in cordibus vestris, ut neque quid agaris in domibus vestris videre possimus: We may see you coming in, and going forth. But we are so far from seeing the thoughts of your hearts, that we cannot see, what you do at home in your houses. Likewise again he saithe, 3Quid singulorum quorumque modò conscientiae dixerint, ad aures meas, quia homo sum, peruenire non potuit. Ille, qui Absens est praesentia Corporis, sed Praesens est Vigore Maiestatis, audivit vos: What every of your Consciences hath said, it could not enter into my ears, for that I am but a Mortal man. Notwithstanding, Christ, that is Absent, as touching the Presence of his Body, but present by the Power of his Majesty, hath heard you well. It is, not the Pope, but God only, ⟨p. 646⟩that trieth the reins, and searcheth the heart.
Yée saie ful discretely, Yf a man sinne onely in his harte, the Kinge cannot haue to doo with him, for that be cannot enter, to knowe his secretes. Here, I beséeche you, M. Hardinge, what entrance hath the Pope, to knowe the secretes of the Harte? Perhaps yée wil saie, the Pope maie knowe al the worlde by Confession. But S. Augustine saithe, Quid mihi est cum hominibus,1 vt audiant Confessiones meas, &c. Vnde sciunt, cùm à me ipso de me ipso audiunt, an verum dicā: quādoquidem nemo scit hominū quid agatur in homine, nisi Spiritus hominis, qui in ipso est: What haue I to doo wt these menne, that they shoulde heare my Confessions, &c. Howe knowe they, when they heare mee report of mee selfe, whether I saie true, or no? For noman knoweth, what is in man, but the Sprite of man, 2that is within him. Againe he saithe vnto the people, Intrantes vos, & exeuntes possumus videre. Vsqueadeò autem non videmus, quid cogitetis in cordibus vestris, vt neque quid agaris in domibus vestris videre possimus: Wee maie see you comminge in, and goeinge foorth. But wee are so far from seeinge the thoughtes of your hartes, that wee cannot see, what you doo at home in your houses. Likewise againe he saithe, 3Quid singulorum quorumque modò conscientiae dixerint, ad aures meas, quia homo sum, peruenire non potuit. Ille, qui Absens est praesentia Corporis, sed Praesens est Vigore Maiestatis, audiuit vos: What euery of your Consciences hath saide, it coulde not enter into my eares, for that I am but a Mortal man. Notwithstandinge, Christe, that is Absente, as touchinge the Presence of his Body, but presente by the Power of his Maiestie, hath hearde you wel. It is, not the Pope, but God onely, ⟨p. 646⟩that trieth the reines, and searcheth the harte.
- 1August. Confess. Lib. 10. Cap. 3.
- 2Aug. in Psal. 126
- 3Aug. in Psal. 127
