A04468:1883
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 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, 2Aliud est Sacramentum, aliud res Sacramenti: The Sacrament of Christs Body is one thing: and the Substance of the Sacrament, (or Christs Body represented by the Sacrament) is an other thing. And again he saith, Ea demùm est miserabilis animae seruitus, Signa pro Rebus accipere: To take the Signs (or Sacraments) in stead of the things them selves, (that be Signified) is the miserable bondage of the Soul. In like manner Origen saith, Simpliciores nescientes distinguere, ac secernere, quae sint, quae in Scripturis Divinis Interiori Homini, quae verò Exteriori deputanda sint, vocabulorum similitudinibus falsi. ad ineptas quasdam Fabulas, & figmenta inania see contulerunt: Simple men, not able to discern in the Holy Scriptures, what things ought to be applied to the utter Man, and what to the Inner, being deceived by the likeness of words, have turned them selves to a sort of peevish Fables, and vain Fantasies.
Wee haue no special regarde to the Breade, Wine, or Water: For they are Creatures Corruptible, as wel after Consecration, as they were before: But wee directe our Faithe Onely vnto the very Body, & Bloude of Christe: not as beinge there Really, and Fleashel• Presente, as ye haue imagined: but as sittinge in Heauen at the Righthande of God the Father. The Holy Father Chrysostome saith, although in general woordes, not speakinge specially of this Sacramente: Oculi Fidei,