A04468:1887
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.
Ye say, ye Adore the Sacrament with godly Honour. We answer you, as Christ sometime answered the woman of Samaria, Vos Adoratis, quod nescitis: Ye Adore, 1and worship, ye know not what. For who ever willed you thus to Adore the Sacrament? Who taught you, who bade you so to do? What Prophet? What Apostle? What Father? What Doctor of the Church?
Ye saie, ye Adore the Sacramente with godly Honour. Wee answeare you, as Christe sometime answeared ye woman of Samaria, Vos Adoratis, quod nescitis: Ye Adore, 1and woorship, ye know not what. For who euer willed you thus to Adore the Sacramente? Who taught you, who bade you so to doo? What Prophete? What Apostle? What Father? What Doctour of the Churche?
But here, M. Harding, ye do us great wrong, to say, we call Christs Body an Idol. 1For we know, and have evermore Confessed with Chrysostom, that the Body of Christ is worthy of the highest Honour: & we Adore it, and worship it, even as the very Body of the Son of God. How be it, as it is said before, Christs Body is one thing, and the Sacrament is an other. The Sacrament is in Earth: Christs Body is in Heaven, at the Right Hand of God the Father.2 And therefore Chrysostom saith in the same place, A scende ergo ad Coeli portas, & diligenter attende: imò non Coeli, sed Coeli Coelorum: & tunc, quod dicimus, intueberis: Mount up therefore unto the gates of Heaven, and diligently consider: Nay, I say not, unto the gates of Heaven, but unto the gates of the Heaven of Heavens: and so shall ye see the things, that we speak of.