A04468:1676
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.
If a man should press you with your own words,1 and demand, what manner of Presence ye teach, affirming Christ him self presently to be given: I ween, ye would be found halting. For how say ye? If Christ be presently given unto us by Bread and Wine in the Sacrament, then is Christ present. If he be present, which ye must needs grant, tell us further, how is he present: according to the Substance of his Body, or by Grace, or according to the Majesty of his Godhead? The first, what shifts so ever ye seek, ye will not grant. And therefore is your own Apostle Martin Luther at foul defiance with your masters, Zuinglius, Occolampadius, Calvin, and you, and so be his Disciples, Joachimus Westphalus, Epinus, Pomeran, He shusius, Brentius, Illyricus, and many others, as ye know. If ye will say, he is Present by his Grace, so is he Present with all good men: ⟨p. 233⟩and that not only when the Sacrament is ministered, but also at all other times.2 Again, how can ye make good, that by Faith we receive his Body, and Blood? By Faith we receive Grace, and the Merits of his Death suffered in his Body with shedding of his Blood. But the Body and Blood it self, that is, the very* Substance of his Body and Blood: tell us, how by Faith (* properly and truly to speak) as who should sate by Faith made Present,5 we receive it? Furthermore‡