A04468:1821
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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In a Sacrament we must behold, not only the outward Element, but also the thing it self, whereof it is a Sacrament. S. Augustine saithe, Si ad ipsas res visibiles,1 quibus Sacramenta tractantur, animum conferamus, quis nesciat, eas esse corruptibiles? Si autem ad id, quod per illas res agitur, quis non videat, non posse corrumpi? If we consider the visible Creatures, wherein the Sacraments are ministered, who knoweth not, they be things corruptible? But if we consider the thing, that is wrought thereby, who seeth not, It cannot be corrupted?
In a Sacramente wee muste beholde, not onely the outwarde Elemente, but also the thinge it selfe, whereof it is a Sacramente. S. Augustine saithe, Si ad ipsas res visibiles,1 quibus Sacramenta tractantur, animum conferamus, quis nesciat, eas esse corruptibiles? Si autem ad id, quod per illas res agitur, quis non videat, non posse corrumpi? If wee consider the visible Creatures, wherein the Sacramentes are ministred, who knoweth not, they be thinges corruptible? But if wee consider the thinge, that is wrought thereby, who seeth not, It cannot be corrupted?
- 1Augustin. De Baptismo contra Donatis. Li. 3. Cap. 10.
And in the same place before alleged, S. Augustine fully expoundeth his own meaning, in what sense the Bread may be called the Body of Christ. These be his words:1 Christus levavit Corpus suum in Coelum, unde venturus est, ut judicet vivos, & mortuos. Ibi est modò sedens ad Dextram Patris. Quomodò est Panis Corpus eius? Et Calix, vel, quod habet Calix, quomodò est Sanguis eius? Ista, ⟨p. 258⟩Fratres, ideò dicuntur Sacramenta, quia in eis aliud videtur, aliud intelligitur: Christ hath lifted up his Body into Heaven: from whence he shall come to judge the quick, and the dead. There is he now sitting at the Right Hand of the Father. Howe then is the Bread his Body? And the Cup, or that is in the Cup, how is it his Blood? His answer is this: O my Brethren, these be called Sacraments, for that in them one thing is seen, and an other thing is understanded.