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.

Iewel. Pag. 102.

Like as the Emperour Caligula somitemes tooke of the hea•• of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 great God Iuppit••r, and set on an other head of his ovvne: euen so by these interpretations, and Gloses, M. Harding smiteth of Christe (his great God, M. Iewel should haue said to make it answer to Iuppiter Caligulas great God) the only Head of the Church, and setteth on the Pope.

Harding. Answer to the former Comparison.

What Sir, doo you compare me with Caligula the Emperour, and Christe our Sauiour God and Man, with Iuppiter the Idol? This comparison is not very hand∣some. But marke gentle Reader, how M. Iewel speaketh more honestly of me, then he was aware. Here are Caligula the Emperour, and I, compared together: Iup∣piter, the Emperour Caligulaes great God, and Christe my great God. In which comparison, as M. Iewel hath ouershot him selfe too foule, in comparing Christe with Iuppiter: euen so haue I some cause to yelde him a fewe thinne and sclender thankes, for that he acknowlegeth Christe to be my great God, as he is in deede, though this confession seemeth to haue leapt out of his penne vnaduisedly.

The difference that he would not see, standeth in this point, that Iuppiters owne head, and the head that Cali∣gula tooke to set in place of it, could not agree together, without monstrous deformitie, and inequalitie to Iuppi∣ters bodie. Christe the supreme Head of the whole Churche, and the Pope, who is but Christes Vicare, his ministerial head, or vnderhead, doo maruelously agree together: So that the one is the Inuisible Head continu∣ally

by influence of grace, the Pope the Visible Head, eche Pope for his time, to keepe Visible rule, and Order emong the people, by visible meane, whereof as being menne they haue neede.

An other difference he might haue seene also, if it had pleased him: that Iupiter the Idol had no people vnder him to be exercised in the absence of his owne head, in the vse and right faith of the holy Sacramentes: Christe our Sauiour is visibly absent for the exercise of Christian peoples faith in him, and in the holy Sacramentes. Whose visible absence, if it were not supplied by a visible gene∣ral Head, vnder whom the people might be ruled, there would folowe infinite disorder, and Babylonical Con∣fusion.

Notes

• Operis Tri part. li. 2. cap. 6. Cō¦cil. Tom 2
• Suetonius Tranquil. in Caligu∣la.
• The 15. Chapt.
• Christ by M. Iew cō¦pared to Iuppiter.
• Christ the head inui¦sible by ī∣fluence of