A04468:1785
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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For answer unto Theodoretus, it may please thee, for sparing of time, to read my Former Reply to M. Harding.1 It is true, that Theodorete saith, The Mystical Tokens, that is to say, the Sacraments, be understood to be the things, which they be made, and be believed: That is, That they be Mysteries of Christs Body: or that in a Mystery, or by way of a Sacrament, they be the Body of Christ. But it is true also, that he saith, both immediately following in the same place, and also before: Signa Mystica post Sanctificationem non recedunt à Natura sua: 2Manent enim in Priori Substantia, & Figura, & Forma: The Mystical Tokens (or Sacraments) after the Consecration depart not from their own Nature. For they remain still in their Former Substance, and Form, and Figure. And, as I have often alleged oft of S. Augustine, In Sacramentis videndum est, non quid sint, sed quid Significent: In Sacraments we must consider, not what they be (in deed, and of their own Nature) but what they Signify. So saith S. Chrysostom, Antequàm Panis Sanctificetur, Panem eum nominamus: 3Divina autem illum Gratia sanctificante, mediante Sacerdote, liberatus est quidem ab appellatione Panis: Dignus autem habitus est Dominici Corporis appellation: Etiamsi Natura Panis in illo remanserit: Before the Bread be Sanctified, we call it Bread. But after that by the mean of the Priest the Heavenly Grace hath hallowed it, it is discharged from the name of Bread, and is vouchsafed to be called by the name of our Lords Body: notwithstanding the Nature of the Bread remain still. So saith Theodorete him selfe, Seruator noster commutavit nomina: & Corpori quidem Symboli nomen dedit, 4Symbolo verò nomen Corporis: Our Saviour hath made exchange of y• names: And unto his Body hath given y• name of (Bread, which is) the Sacrament: and unto the Sacrament hath given the name of his Body.
For answeare vnto Theodoretus, it maie please thée, for sparinge of time, to reade my Former Replie to M. Hardinge.1