A04468:1875
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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But (say ye) at the Lords Supper Christ giveth him self verily present.1 To what purpose? I pray you. That we may Eat him (say ye) by Faith, and Sprite. Well reasoned forsooth. Have ye forgotten the giving to eat, and eating that, which is given, to be Relatives, one of them having relation to the other? If Christ do exhibit him self verily present, as your Latin Text hath, or giveth his own self verily and presently, as your Interpreter telleth your tale for you: *doth not he so exhibit or give himself, as he will be received? Or doth he show in one hand a piece of Bread, and with the other strike us on the head with a stone? If he give us him self verily present, as ye say, we take him verily Present. And then (onlesse ye mean by him self, his ⟨p. 267⟩grace, which is of Christ, and not Christ him self) we eat him verily Present, not only by Faith, and Sprite, but by taking him into* our Mouth, and Body. If it please him at any time to be Eaten by Faith and spirit alone, (after which sort he is daily eaten by those that humbly call upon him) then he giveth not him self verily Present, but by Faith and spirit, other wise named grace, or some spiritual effected of his working. But in our Lords Supper the Scripture requireth a special and peculiar presence of christ, to wit, of his flesh, so as it may be Eaten. If then he give him self verily present, as ye say, he is present in his own person, God and Man, with Body, with Blood, with Soul, with Godhead. If ye mean the very presence of his Godhead, that presence belongeth no more to Christ, them to the Father, and to the Holy Ghost. And so have ye not declared any peculiar presence belonging to his Supper. For by Presence of his Godhead he is always verily present, as well before Supper, as at, or after Supper: because he filleth Heaven and Earth. It remaineth that either ye understand not your selves, or wilfully deceive that infinite number of Souls, for Whose sake Christ hath shed his Blood.
But (saie ye) at the Lordes Supper Christe geueth him selfe verily presente.1