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. 130.

Likevvise Iohannes Maior an other of your ovvne Doctours vvould haue said vnto you, Quis ordinauit Petrum, &c. VVho ordered Peter,* 1.1 and made him a bishop? They can not shewe me three Bisshops that ordered him. Therefore I say, that a bisshop be ordered of other three Bisshops, it is an ordināce made by man. For Paule when he ordered Titus, and Timotheus, he sought not about for other two Bisshops.

Harding.

See now againe how farre this man is gonne from the Doctours of the first six hundred yeres. If you wil stand to their iudgement M. Iewel whom you allege,* 1.2 they cō∣demne you for an Heretike, and a Schismatike, bicause you haue forsaken that Doctrine of faith, and that holy fellowship, wherein they liued, and died. They offe∣red the external sacrifice of the Churche, and taught it to be offered for the liue and dead in Christe, who died for both, and least vs his owne body in a Sacrament to be made and consecrate by the priestes of the new testa∣ment, for the application of Christes merites to euery par∣ticular faithful man, and for the whole body of the Chur∣che. Seing you say, this is Idolatrie, why seeke you for helpe at their handes, who haue taught vs this doctrine, for which you tel vs, they be in hel? Againe, admit, it be an ordinance of man, that a bishop should be consecrate of three other bishops. Is it therefore in your power to breake euery ordinance of man? It was the ordinance of men, that ye should paye this, or that tribute vnto your prince. May ye therefore cease to paie it at your pleasure?

That, which man ordeined,* 1.3 may in deede be altered by an other man, but he must then be of the same power, that he was of, who ordeined it. The Apostles ordei∣ned, that a Bishop be consecrate of three. An Apostle therefore is not bound to that ordinance. But are you, and your brethren Apostles, that ye take vpon you to alter the Apostolike ordinances? If ye were but the scholars of the Apostles, ye would keepe their Succes∣sions,

and follow their steppes. But now whereas they kepte Christian men in one bonde of peace, yee skatter the flocke into so many sectes, as there are proude and vaineglorious men emong you.

Notes

• * 1.1

  In 4. sen∣tent. dist. 24. q. 3.
• * 1.2

  M. Ievvel allegeth the Schoole∣menne, vvho are vvel knovven to be al∣together contrarie to him.
• * 1.3

  By what man may the ordi∣nance of man be changed.