An apology, or answer in defence of the Church of England concerning the state…An apologie, or aunswer in defence of the Church of England concerninge the state…

and that our adversaries, such as at this day rejecting and abolishing the holy communion without gods word, without any authority of the old Councils, without any Catholic father, yea and without reason, do defend private Masses, and the dismembering of sacraments, and do it not only contrary to the express commandment and will of Christ, but also contrary to all Antiquity, do most wickedly therein, and are cursed thieves, and commit sacrilege.

and that oure aduersaries, suche as at this day reyecting and abolyshing the holy communion without gods worde, without any authoritie of the olde Councells, without any Catholike father, yea and without reason, do defende priuate Masses, and the dismemberinge of sacraments, and do it not onely contrary to the expresse commaundement and will of Christe, but also contrary to al Antiquitie, do moste wickedly therin, and are cursed theues, and commit sacrilege.

¹We say that the bread and wine are holy and heavenly mysteries of the body and blood of Christ: and that ⟨p. 15⟩in them Christ himself, the true bread of eternal life, is so presently delivered unto us, that we do truly receive his body and blood through faith. Nevertheless we do not so speak it, as though we supposed that the natures of bread and wine were utterly changed and came to nothing, as many in these last ages have dreamed, though hitherto they could never well agree among themselves of their dream. For Christ never went about to make that a wheaten cake should cast away his own nature, and put upon hit a certain new Godhead, but rather for to change us,² and as Theophylactus speaketh, to transelement us into his body: What may be more plainly spoken, then that which Ambrose saith: The bread & wine are the same things,³