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…

To conclude,¹ we do believe that this self same flesh of ours, wherein we do live, albeit when it is dead it turneth into dust, yet at the last day it shall return again to life, through the spirit of Christ which dwelleth in us. In that day, what so ever in the mean time we suffer for his sake, Christ will wipe from our eyes all manner of tears: and we by him shall enjoy life everlasting, and be with him for ever in glory. So be it.

To cōclude,¹ we do beleue yt this self same flesh of ours, wherin we doe liue, albeit whē it is dead it turneth into duste, yet at the laste day it shall returne agayne to life, through the spirite of Christ which dwelleth in vs. In that daye, what so euer in the meane time we suffer for his sake, Christe will wipe from our eyes all maner of teares: and we by him shall enioye life euerlasting, and be with him for euer in glory. So be it.

1. 1Of the resurrection.

These be those heresies for the which a good part of the world is condemned at this day, unheard. Wherefore they ought rather to have brought their action against Christ, against the Apostles, against the holy Fathers: for these things have not only proceeded from them, but also by them they were established: onles ⟨image 19⟩peradventure these men will say, the which also perhaps they will not stick to say, that Christ did not ordain the holy communion, to the intent it should be distributed among the faithful: or that the Apostles of Christ and the old fathers said private Masses in every corner of their churches, sometimes ten, sometimes twenty at ones in one day: or that Christ & the Apostles did restrain all the people from the Sacrament of his blood: or that even that thing, which at this day is done every where amongst them, and is so done, that who that doeth otherwise, they condemn him for an Heretic, is not called of Gelasius their own man, sacrilege, or that these be not the words of Ambrose, Augustine, Gelasius, Theodorete, Chrysostom, & Origene: that bread and wine in the Sacraments remain the same things that they were before: That which is seen upon the holy table is bread: that it ceaseth not to be the substance of bread and nature of wine: that the substance and nature of bread is not changed: that the self same bread, for so much as appertaineth to the matter, goeth down into the belly, & is caste out into the privy place of withdrawing. Or that Christ, the Apostles and holy fathers did not pray in that tongue which the people did understand: or that Christ by the one only sacrifice which he offered ones, did not perfectly finish all things, or that that sacrifice was unperfect, so that now we have need of an other. All these things they must needs say: onles peradventure they had rather say, that all law and right is contained in the treasury of the Popes bosom: