A04468:1622
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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M. Harding.
M. Hardinge.
Let this Banquet be dight as it ought to be: let the best dish be made ready in due sort, which is the very Body of our Saviour Christ: let the guests be told what is set before them at that Holy Table: let them be taught to believe rightly, to prove, and prepare themselves, as behoveth: then we think it most convenient the people of God be bidden thereto, not thereby to Communicate among themselves only, but also, and rather to Communicate with God, to be incorporate in Christ, and to be made Partakers of all the benefits of God procured to man by the Death of his Son suffered in that Body, which at this high Feast they Eat. This Banquet being thus set forth, if some devout persons think them selves for good causes unworthy to assay thereof,1 and to receive that heavenly food Sacramentally, finding them selves not so well prepared, as S. Paul requireth in that behalf, yet for love of it desire to be present, and behold that Table, and spiritually to taste of that healthful Dish by Faith, Charity, Prayer, and fervent Devotion, wherein they do not wholly abstain from the Holy Communion: such* are not to be condemned as idle lookers on for so ye make them, nor to be driven out of the Church. Neither did ever the Old Fathers, and Bishops of Rome in the Primitive Church (say what ye will Defenders) excommunicate them: much less did they repute them for3 wicked Persons and Pagans. And