A04468:1882
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
Part 2 › M. Harding. › The B. of Salisbury.Part 2 › M. Hardinge. › The B. of Sarisburie.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
We call it, The Sacrament of Thanksgiving, and the Sacrament of Christs Body, and Blood. And with the Holy Father S. Augustine we say, In Sacramentis videndum est,1 non quid sint, sed quid Significent: In Sacraments we must Consider, not what they be (in them selves) but what they Signify.
Wee cal it, The Sacramente of Thankesgeuinge, and the Sacramente of Christes Body, and Bloude. And with the Holy Father S. Augustine wee saie, In Sacramentis videndum est,1 non quid sint, sed quid Significent: In Sacramentes wee muste Consider, not vvhat thei be (in them selues) but what they Signifie.
- 1August▪ Contra Maximin. Lib. 3. Cap. 22.
We have no special regard to the Bread, Wine, or Water: For they are Creatures Corruptible, as well after Consecration, as they were before: But we direct our Faith Only unto the very Body, & Blood of Christ: not as being there Really, and Fleshly Present, as ye have imagined: but as sitting in Heaven at the Right hand of God the Father. The Holy Father Chrysostom saith, although in general words, not speaking specially of this Sacramente: Oculi Fidei,1 quando vident haec ineffabilia bona, ne sentiunt quidem haec visibilia. Tantum inter haec, & illa interest: The eyes of our Faith, when they behold these unspeakable good things, they do not so much, as mark these out ward things, that we see with our Bodily eyes So great is the difference between these things And herein resteth the grossness of your error, y• ye divide not the one thing from the other. S. Augustine saithe, 2