A04468:1719
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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This talk impeacheth no man, but your self. For you tell us, and would have it holden, as an Article of your Faith, not only, that the wicked man without Faith, but also that the dumb creature void of Reason, may receive the very Body of Christ, and that Substantially, Verily, & in deed. Thus you divide and sunder Christs Body, from his Sprite: and, contrary to Theophylacte, and to all the Ancient Fathers, and to Christ him self, ye say, It may be Really received without Life.
This talke empeacheth noman, but your selfe. For you tel vs, and woulde haue it holden, as an Article of your Faithe, not onely, that the wicked man without Faith, but also that the doumbe creature voide of Reason, maie receiue the very Body of Christe, and that Substantially, Verily, & in déede. Thus you diuide and sunder Christes Body, from his Sprite: and, contrarie to Theophylacte, and to al the Ancient Fathers, and to Christe him selfe, ye saie, It maie be Really receiued vvithout Life.
But we say, 1with S. Ambrose, Qui accipit hunc Panem, non moritur morte Peccatoris: Quia hic Panis est Remissio Peccatorum: Who so eateth this Bread (not the Sacrament of Christs Body, but Christs Body it self ) dieth not the death of a Sinner: For this Bread is the Remission of Sins. We say with S. Augustine, Qui Carnem Domini non sumit, non habet vitam: &, qui eam sumit, habet vitam,2 & hanc utique aeternam: He that receiveth not the Flesh of Our Lord, hath no Life: and, he that receiveth it, hath Life, and the same Everlasting. Again we say with S. Augustine,3 Huius rei Sacramentum de Mensa Dominica sumitur, quibusdam ad vitam, quibusdam ad Mortem: Res verò ipsa, cuius Sacramentum est, Omni homini ad vitam, Nulli ad exitium: quicunque eius Particeps fuerit: The Sacrament (of Christs Body) is received from the Lords Table, to some unto Life, to some unto Death: But the thing it self, (that is, the Body of Christ, whereof this is a Sacrament) is to all men unto Life, and to No man unto Death: Who soever shall be Partaker of it.