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A04468 A defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande conteininge an answeare to a certaine booke lately set foorthe by M. Hardinge, and entituled, A confutation of &c. By Iohn Iewel Bishop of Sarisburie. Jewel, John, 1522-1571.; Jewel, John, 1522-1571. Apologia Ecclesiae Anglicanae. English.; Harding, Thomas, 1516-1572. Confutation of a booke intituled An apologie of the Church of England. 1567 (1567) STC 14600.5; ESTC S112182 1,137,435 832

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occiderit_fw-la sperabo_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la veruntamen_fw-la vias_fw-la meas_fw-la in_o conspectu_fw-la eius_fw-la arguam_fw-la 70._o although_o he_o kiss_v i_o yet_o will_v i_o put_v my_o trust_n in_o he_o notwithstanding_o i_o will_v reproove_v my_o way_n before_o his_o sight_n so_o y●_z prophet_n david_n in_o thou_o o_o lord_n have_v i_o trust_v i_o will_v never_o be_v confound_v this_o be_v no_o presumption_n but_o a_o patiente_a and_o a_o humble_a waitinge_n for_o the_o redemption_n of_o the_o child_n of_o god_n it_o be_v most_o true_a 2._o that_o s._n paul_n saithe_v we_o must_v work_v our_o own_o salvation_n with_o fear_n and_o tremble_n but_o this_o fear_n rise_v in_o consideration_n of_o our_o own_o weakness_n and_o unwoorthinesse_n not_o of_o any_o distruste_n or_o doubt_n in_o god_n mercy_n but_o rather_o the_o less_o cause_n we_o find_v to_o trust_v in_o ourselves_o the_o more_o cause_n we_o have_v to_o trust_v in_o god_n 28._o therefore_o s._n augustine_n saithe_v praesume_v non_fw-fr de_fw-fr operatione_n tua_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la christi_fw-la gratia_fw-la gratia_n enim_fw-la saluati_fw-la estis_fw-la inquit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la non_fw-la ergo_fw-la hic_fw-la arrogantia_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la fides_n praedicare_fw-la quod_fw-la acceperis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la superbia_fw-la sed_fw-la devotio_fw-la presume_v thou_o not_o of_o thy_o own_o woorkinge_n but_o of_o the_o grace_n of_o christ_n for_o the_o apostle_n saithe_v you_o be_v save_v by_o grace_n here_o therefore_o be_v not_o presumption_n but_o faith_n to_o proclaim_v that_o thou_o haste_v receive_v it_o be_v no_o pride_n it_o be_v devotion_n again_o he_o saithe_v 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la mea_fw-la praesumptione_n sed_fw-la ipsius_fw-la promissione_n in_fw-la iudicium_fw-la non_fw-la venio_fw-la it_o be_v not_o of_o my_o presumption_n but_o of_o his_o promise_n that_o i_o shall_v not_o come_v into_o judgement_n s._n basile_n saithe_v paulus_n gloriatur_fw-la de_fw-fr contemptione_n 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unto_o timothee_n receive_v no_o accusation_n against_o a_o elder_a onlesse_a it_o be_v under_o two_o or_o three_o witness_n and_o notwithstanding_o these_o order_n for_o the_o great_a part_n thereof_o be_v now_o utter_o out_o of_o use_n yet_o i_o trust_v it_o shall_v not_o be_v neither_o impertinente_fw-la to_o the_o matter_n nor_o unpleasante_n unto_o the_o reader_n to_o consider_v how_o the_o same_o be_v use_v in_o old_a time_n therefore_o as_o it_o be_v learned_o note_v by_o beatus_fw-la rhenanus_fw-la the_o sinner_n when_o he_o begin_v to_o mislike_v himself_o and_o to_o be_v penitent_a for_o his_o wicked_a life_n for_o that_o he_o have_v offend_v god_n and_o his_o church_n come_v first_o unto_o the_o bishop_n and_o priest_n as_o unto_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o church_n and_o open_v unto_o they_o the_o whole_a burden_n of_o his_o heart_n afterward_o he_o be_v by_o they_o bring_v into_o the_o congregation_n and_o there_o make_v the_o same_o confession_n open_o before_o his_o 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therefore_o s._n augustine_n saithe_v quia_fw-la plaerunque_fw-la etc._n etc._n for_o as_o much_o as_o for_o the_o most_o part_n the_o grief_n of_o one_o man_n heart_n be_v unknowen_a unto_o a_o other_o neither_o come_v forth_o into_o the_o knowledge_n of_o other_o either_o by_o word_n or_o by_o other_o token_n as_o be_v before_o he_o unto_o who_o it_o be_v say_v my_o mourninge_v be_v not_o hide_v from_o thou_o therefore_o it_o be_v very_o well_o that_o by_o they_o that_o have_v the_o oversight_n of_o the_o church_n certain_a time_n of_o penance_n be_v appoint_v that_o the_o congregation_n may_v be_v satisfy_v again_o he_o saithe_v horror_n priùs_fw-la publica_n poenitentia_fw-la satisfacere_fw-la 35._o &_o ita_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la judicio_fw-la reconciliatum_fw-la communioni_fw-la sociari_fw-la i_o counsel_v he_o that_o first_o he_o make_v satisfaction_n by_o open_a penance_n that_o be_v so_o reconcile_v he_o may_v afterward_o be_v restore_v unto_o the_o communion_n by_o the_o judgement_n and_o discretion_n of_o the_o priest_n likewise_o saithe_v cassiodorus_n rei_fw-la expectant_a communionis_fw-la tempus_fw-la quod_fw-la decrevit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la the_o peintente_a party_n wait_v for_o the_o communion_n time_n appoint_v unto_o they_o by_o the_o bishop_n s._n ambrose_n demand_v of_o the_o emperor_n theodosius_n be_v then_o excommunicate_a quibus_fw-la medicamentis_fw-la incurabilia_fw-la vulnera_fw-la tua_fw-la 30._o plagasque_fw-la curasti_fw-la by_o what_o medicine_n have_v you_o heal_v your_o wound_n and_o cut_n that_o be_v incurable_a the_o emperor_n answer_v tuum_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o docere_fw-la &_o medicamenta_fw-la temperare_fw-la meum_fw-la verò_fw-la oblata_fw-la sucipere_fw-la it_o be_v your_o part_n to_o instruct_v i_o and_o to_o minister_v medicine_n and_o it_o be_v my_o part_n to_o receive_v that_o you_o minister_n autem_fw-la and_o therefore_o peter_n lombarde_n saithe_v etsi_fw-la aliquis_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la sit_fw-la 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