A04468:1733
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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The B. of Salisbury.
The B. of Sarisburie.
Theophylacte saith, The Bread is not only a certain Figure of our Lords Flesh, but the Flesh it self of our Lord. This Objection in my Former Reply is many wheres answered. We grant, The Bread is not a bare, or a naked Figure: but by way of Sacrament, or Mystery, it is the Body of Christ it self. So the Water of Baptism, is not an empty Figure of the Blood of Christ: but it is Christs Blood it self, because it is the Sacrament of Christs Blood.1 And therefore S. Bernard saith, Lavemur in Sanguine eius: Let us be washed, (not in Water, but) in the Blood of Christ. S. Augustine giveth this general Rule, as I have often reported, In Sacramentis videndum est, non quid sint, sed quid Significent: In Sacraments we must consider, not what they be (in substance, & nature) but what they Signify. Tertullian saith, Christus acceptum Panem, 2& Discipulis suis distributum Corpus suum illum Fecit, dicendo, Hoc est Corpus meum, hoc est, Figura Corporis mei: Christ having taken the Bread, and having delivered the same to his Disciples. Made it his Body, saying, This is my Body, That it to say, This is a Figure of my Body. And to appoint a corruptible Creature to this use, and to make it an effectual instrument of such high, and Hidden Mysteries, it is not the Work of any mortal man, but the only Power, and working of the Holy Ghost: as it shall farther appear in the next Clause, in mine answer to the words of S. Ambrose. bede saith thus,3 Panis, & Vini Creatura in Sacramentum Carnis, & Sanguinis Christi ineffabili Spiritus sanctificatione transfertur: The Creature of Bread, and Wine by the unspeakable Sanctification of the Holy Ghost, is changed (not into the very Real Body, and Blood, but) into the Sacrament of the Body, and Blood of Christ.