A detection of sundrie foule errours, lies, sclaunders, corruptions, and other false dealinges, touching doctrine, and other matters vttered and practized by M.Iewel, in a booke lately by him set foorth entituled, a defence of the apologie. &c. By Thomas Harding doctor of diuinitie.

Truth draue M. Iewel to iustifie al our Doctrine, wherein he dissenteth from vs.

* 1.1This oddes therefore remaineth betwen you and vs, that our doctrine, yea euery pointe thereof in cotrouersie now, is (by your owne confession) approued by the later General Councelles: and so we defende no doctrine of our owne, nor mainteine any prophane Nouelties of our owne deuise, but we folowe Saluberrimam authoritatem, the most holesome and sounde authoritie (as S. Augu∣stine termeth it) of General Councels: that is to saie, we folowe the voice of the whole bodie of Christes Churche (most truely represented in Councelles) the voice of Christes spouse, yea the voice of Christe him selfe, spea∣king to vs by his Churche, and so speaking, that he wil∣leth him, whiche heareth not the Churche, to be ac∣compted for a Heathen,* 1.2 and a Publicane. Contrariewise your Doctrine M. Iewel, is not only not authorized in General Councelles, but also is clearely condemned by the same, as for example (that one maie serue in steede of many) the General Councel of Laterane condemneth your Sacramentarie heresie.

Yet we thanke not you, but the truthe, that you haue this muche confessed for vs. And as S. Augustine said of the Donatistes, so we saie most truely of you: Vt illa om∣nia vel loquendo, vel legendo, pro causa nostra promerent, atque propalarent,* 1.3 veritas eos torsit, non charitas inuitauit. That the Donatistes shoulde vtter and bring forthe either by talke, or by allegation out of a booke, al those thinges for behoofe of our matter, the truth forced them, it was not any charitie that inuited them. The truthe, I saie

M. Iewel, not any loue you beare to our cause, forced you to confesse, that there is none of our errours (so you terme sundry weightie pointes of the Catholike Faith) that by some of the late Councelles, hath not benne confirmed. We take that you geue vs right gladly, in asmuch, as it declareth you to be conuinced by witnesse of your owne mouthe, For if the pointes of Faith and Religion, wherein ye dissent from vs, be approued and confirmed by authoritie of the Churche in General Councelles, who seeth not, what a good staffe we haue to leane vnto? And who is that Christian man, whiche wil not humbly beleue the same?

Notes

• * 1.1

  The 21. Chap.
• * 1.2

  Matt. 18.
• * 1.3

  Aug. con∣tra Dona∣tist. post collat. ca. 34.