A04468:1596
A defence of the Apology of the Church of England containing an answer to…A defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande conteininge an answeare to…
A defence of the Apology of the Church of England containing an answer to a certain book lately set forth by M. Harding, and entitled, A confutation of &c. By John Jewel Bishop of Salisbury.A defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande conteininge an answeare to a certaine booke lately set foorthe by M. Hardinge, and entituled, A confutation of &c. By Iohn Iewel Bishop of Sarisburie.
Imprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the sign of the Elephant, by Henry Wykes, Anno 1567. 27. OctobrisImprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the signe of the Elephante, by Henry VVykes, Anno 1567. 27. Octobris
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Among all these gay words* we hear not so much as one Syllable uttered, whereby we may understand, that ye believe, the Very Body of Christ to be in deed Present in the blessed Sacrament of the Altar. Ye confess the Eucharistia, which commonly ye call, the Supper of the Lord, to be a Sacrament,2 and all that to be none other then an evident token of the Body and Blood of Christ. As for that ye add to make the matter seem somewhat, of the Death of Christ, and his Resurrection, and his acts done in flesh: What reason or scripture have ye, that a piece of Bread and a Cup of Wine (for* in your belief more make ye not of this Sacrament) can set them as it were before our eyes? Doth not rather a fair Painted table set forth the acts of our Saviour before our eyes more lively and more expressly? And be we not moved therewith to give God thanks for his great benefits, as well as if we have Bread and Wine on a table? But I pray you, sithens all is* but Bread and Wine after your teaching, how shall we by eating and drinking thereof be fed with the Body and Blood of Christ? Again can we by5 Bread and Wine be brought into hope of the Resurrection, and Ever lasting life, as ye say? And how shall we by Eating of Bread and Drinking of Wine be assured, that Christs Body and Blood doth in like manner feed our souls, as Bread and Wine feedeth our bodies? Though your imagination be never so strong, yet by eating of that, which is Bread only, and Drinking of that, which is Wine only, we see not how your souls can be fed with the True Body and Blood of Christ, no more then ye be at your common meals.
Amonge al these gay woordes* we heare not so mutche as one Syllable vttered, whereby we may vnderstande, that ye beleue, the Very Body of Christe to be in deede Presente in the blessed Sacrament of the Aulter. Ye confesse the Eucharistia, whiche commonly ye cal, the Supper of the Lorde, to be a Sacramente,