A04468:1716
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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To avoid error herein, it behooveth us to understand, that, To eat God, is to have the fruition of the Divine Nature, and to be Incorporate into God. But the Majesty of God so far surmounteth the capacity of man, that as he is in him self in Nature, and Godhead, no mortal creature is able to conceive him, but only in the Face, 1and sight of Jesus Christ the Son of God. Therefore S. Paule saithe, Christus est Splendor Gloriae, & Character Substantiae Dei: Christe is the Brightness of the Glory, and the express Image of the Substance of God. S. Augustine saith, 2Tu quomodò contingis Deum? Quia Verbum Caro factum est, & habitavit in nobis: Howe doest thou touch God? (He answereth) Because the Word became Flesh, 3and dwelt in us. Again he saithe, Si Christus sic veniret, ut Deus, non agnosceretur: If Christ came so, as he is God, no man could know him. S. Gregorie saithe, 4Dominus murus nobis non esset, si forinsecùs non fuisset: Intus nos non protegeret, si exteriùs non appareret: Our Lord were no wall unto us, if he had not been in the Form of Man: He could not inwardly defend us, if he had not outwardly appeared. 5So saith Dionysius, Si cupimus Communionem habere cum Deo, oportet nos in Divinissimam illius vitam, quam egit in Carne, intueri: If we desire to have Communion with God, we must behold that heavenly life, that he lead in the Flesh. Thus, as God is God, in Majesty, and in him self, we understand him not, we conceive him not, we know him not: That is to say, we have no fruition of him, 6we eat him not. Therefore S. Augustine saithe, Jesum Christum secundum id, quod erat Verbum apud Deum, Paruuli non capiunt. Quomodò ergo capiunt, qui Lac capiunt? Jesum Christum, inquit, & hunc Crucifixum. Suge quod pro te factus est: & cresces ad id, quod est: Litle ones understand not Jesus Christ, according to that he was the Word with the Father. How then do they receive him, y• receive milk? S. Paul saith, they receive Jesus Christ Crucified. Suck that thing, that he was made for thee: and thou shalt grow to that he is.