The Apologie, Cap. 18. Diuision. 1.
How so euer it bee, the truthe of the Gospel of Iesus Christe de∣pendeth not vpon Councelles, nor, as S. Paule saithe, vpon the Iudgementes of Mortal Creatures. And if they, whiche ought to be careful for Goddes Churche, wil not be wife, but slacke their duetie, and harden their hartes againste God, and his Christe, goeinge on stil to peruerte the right waies of the Lorde, God wil stirre vp the very stones, & make children, and babes cunninge, that there maie euer be somme, to confute these mennes lies.
The B. of Sarisburie.
Hereto M. Hardinge answeareth nothinge els, but thus, The Councel is the Schoole of Truthe: The Bishoppes cannot foreslowe their dueties: The Churche of Rome cannot erre. Whiche tales wee haue so often, and not without wearinesse hearde already. Petrus de Palude,* 1.1 emongest other your Doctours saithe, Non est credendum, Ec∣clesiam Romanam errasse à Fide. Ipsa enim potest è contrario cum Christo dicere, Ego Testimonium perhibeo de meipsa. Testimonium meum verum est: No man maie beleue, that the Churche of Rome maie erre from the Faithe: Contrarywise that Churche maie saie with Christe, I beare vvitnesse of mee selfe. And my vvit∣nesse is iuste, and true. Therefore so longe, as the Churche of Rome can speake for her selfe, there is no doubte, but al is wel.