M. Hardinge. The .39. Diuision.
Wherefore to conclude, seeing 90* 1.1 in sixe hundred yeeres after Christ, the Seruice of the Churche was not in any other, then in the Greeke, and Latine tongue, for that any man is hable to shewe by good proufe, and the same not vnderstanded of al people: seeinge the auctorities by M. Iuel alleged, importe no necessary argument, nor directe commaundement of the Vulgare Tongue, but onely of plaine and open pronouncinge, and that where the tongue of the Seruice was vnderstanded: seeinge the Churche of the Englishe Nation had their Seruice in the Latine tongue to them vnknowen, wel neare a thousande yeeres pas••e: seeinge the place of S. Paule to the Corinthians, either perteineth not to this purpose, or, if it be so graunted, for the diuersitie of states of that, and of this our time, it permit••eth a diuersitie of obseruation in this behalfe,* 1.2 though some likenesse and resemblance yet re∣serued: seeinge great profite commeth to the faithful people hauinge it so as they vnderstande it not: Finally, seeinge the examples rehearsed herein to be folowed, be of smal auctoritie, in respecte either of antiquitie, or of true Religion: As the bolde assertion of M. Iuel is plainely disproued, so the olde order of the Latine Seruice in the latine Churche, whereof Englande is a Prouince, is not rashly to be condemned: specially whereas 91* 1.3 beinge first committed to the Churches by the Apostles of our Coun∣trie, and the firste Preachers of the Faithe here, it hath beene auctorised by continuance almost of a thousande yeeres without control, or gaine saieinge, to the glorie of God, the wealthe of the people, and the procuringe of healpe from heauen alwaies to this lande.
And to adde hereunto this muche laste of al, though it might be graunted, that it were good, the Seruice were in the Vulgare tongue, as in Englishe for our countrie of Englande: Yet doubteles good men, and zelous keepers of the Catholike faithe, wil neuer allowe the Seruice deuised in Kinge Edwardes time, nowe restored againe, not so muche for the tongue it is in, as for the order it selfe, and disposition of it, lackinge some thinges necessarie, and hauing some other thinges 92* 1.4 repugnant to the Faithe, and custome of the Catholike Churche.