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…

Ye write,¹ that many falsely slander you, saying that ye teach nothing to be wrought in the Lords Supper, whereas ye affirm, that Christ doth truly and presently give his own self in his Supper, that we may eat him by Faith and Spirit. And other work in the Lords Supper ye show none. And this which ye show, a man may doubt, whether it be a thing wrought in the Lords Supper, or no. Well may ye say, that it is a thing wrought in them which come to the Supper: but that it is wrought in the supper it self, ye show it not: the Supper being that which is called Coena, to wit, the meat received, not Coenatio, which is the act of supping. For sith that supper is nothing else but meat and drink set upon the Table to be received by such as come unto it, that which is wrought in the Lords Supper, must be wrought^‡ in the meat and Drink, which our Lord hath at his table. And as the matter whereof our Lords Supper is made, is Bread and Wine: so the Supper made thereof is our Lords Body and Blood, into which the Bread and Wine by the Almighty power of the Word is changed. So that if ye will show Christ him self to be^* made or ^*wrought in our Lords Supper, ye must show Bread and Wine to be changed into Christ him self, and so to be Eaten of his faithful at his Table. But whereas there are three things, christ, that maketh the Supper, the Communicants that receive the Supper, and the Supper it self: ye say that Christ for his part giveth his own self verily present, likewise that Communicants for their part Eat him by faith and spirit. And so ye show, that the maker of the Supper worketh, and that the Communicants work. But all this while ye show us not what is wrought in the matter of the Supper, that is to say, in the Bread and Wine, nor what is made. O great slander that ye were charged withal, which not so much as by your own word ye are discharged of.

Ye write,¹ that many falsely sclaunder you, sayinge that ye teache nothinge to be wrought in the Lordes Supper, whereas ye affirme, that Christe dothe truely and presently geue his owne selfe in his Supper, that we may eate him by Faith and Spirite. And other worke in the Lordes Supper ye shewe none. And this whiche ye shewe, a man may doubte, whether it be a thinge wrought in the Lordes Supper, or no. VVel may ye saie, that it is a thinge wrought in thē whiche come to the Supper: but that it is wrought in the supper it selfe, ye shewe it not: the Supper beinge that which is called Coena, to witte, the meate recetued, not Coenatio, whiche is the acte of suppinge. For sith that supper is nothinge els but meate and drinke set vpō the Table to be receiued by suche as come vnto it, that whiche is wrought in the Lordes Supper, must be wrought