A04468:1807
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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Your Minor, wherein standeth the whole doubt, and which by some Authority, or show of reason, one way, or other, ye should have proved true, ye have paste it steily over without any manner of proof at all, and presume it only to be true. And so the whole weight hereof standeth not by Truth, or Reason: but hangeth only by presumption.
Your Minor, wherein standeth the whole doubte, and whiche by somme Authoritie, or shewe of reason, one waie, or other, ye should haue proued true, ye haue paste it steily ouer without any manner of prouse at al, and presume it onely to be true. And so the whole weight hereof standeth not by Truthe, or Reason: but hangeth onely by presumption.
For what Doctor, or Father ever told you, or made you so certain, that in the Bread there is no change touching the Accidents? Ye say, your senses tell you, that the Accidents remain still, as they were before. And the same senses also tell you, as S. Augustine saith, that the Substance of the Bread remaineth still,1 as it was before. But will you so suddenly forsake your old Lesson? Will you now put this matter in Compromise to your senses? Howe often, and how sadly have you told us, that these be cases of Only Faith, and that in the Judgement hereof, both Sense, and Reason must be abandoned? And have you forgotten that Chrysostome saith, Nihil sensibile traditū nobis est à Christo Quaecùnque Christus tradidit, insensibilia sunt: There is no sensible thing delivered unto us by Christ (in these Mysteries). And again, Ʋ Uhat so ever things Christ hath given us, they are unsensible. If they be things utterly unsensible, how then can they be judged by your senses? Why come ye not forth with the Learned Doctors, and Catholic Fathers, of whom, ye say, ye have such plenty. If it be true, ⟨p. 256⟩as you say,2 that there is no change in Accident, why is it not proved? If it be ralse, why is it avouched? Tell us, how long shall we be bound to your bare word?