A04468:1602
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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Farther he saith, What reason, or Scripture have ye, that a Piece of Bread, and a Cup of Wine can set the Death, and Resurrection of Christ, as it were, before your eyes? Verily, when all your tale is told, ye seem to say nothing else, but that the Body of Christ remaineth in Heaven, and that we must send up our souls thither, to eat it there by a certain imagination, which ye call Faith.
Farther he saithe, VVhat reason, or Scripture haue ye, that a Peece of Breade, and a Cuppe of VVine can sette the Death, and Resurrection of Christe, as it were, before your eies? Verily, when al your tale is tolde, ye seeme to saie nothinge els, but that the Body of Christe remaineth in Heauen, and that wee muste sende vp our soules thither, to eate it there by a certaine imagination, whiche ye cal Faithe.
Here ye do great wrong, M. Harding, to call the Faith of Christ, an Imagination, or, as I trow: ye mean, a fancy. S. Paule saithe, Fides est Substantia rerum sperandarum: Faith is (not an Imagination, but) the Substance and ground of the things, that we hope for. If ye travail once again to Rome, being thus far instructed already, ye will easily learn the Lesson, that one of your late Popes there, as it is reported, taught his Cardinals: O, quantum nobis profuit illa Fabula de Christo?
Here ye doo greate wronge, M. Hardinge, to cal the Faithe of Christe, an Imagination, or, as I trowe: ye meane, a fansie. S. Paule saithe, Fides est Substantia rerum sperandarum: Faithe is (not an Imagination, but) the Substance and grounde of the thinges, that wee hope for. If ye trauaile once againe to Rome, being thus far instructed already, ye wil easily learne the Lesson, that one of your late Popes there, as it is reported, taught his Cardinalles: O, quantum nobis profuit illa Fabula de Christo?