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…

M. Harding.

M. Hardinge.

In deed Chrysostom saith, as ye report But Sirs, what mean ye? To Eat the Body of Christ, which is the dead Carcass, in respect of his death (for onlesse he had fallen, we had not risen again) must we so be Eagles, as we use no office of mans Body to this kind of Eating? Must we fly so hie, as we look not to find this Body in Earth? Can we not Eat this Body, except we fly up to Heaven?¹ Can we not come by it, but there? Can we not Eat him, but there? Yes forsooth. ^*We need not go out of the Earth for the matter. For Chrysostom him self in the same Homily. from whence ye fetch this,³ saith, that whiles we be in this life, this Mystery is cause, that the^‡ Earth to us is become Heaven. He that desireth to know, what Eagles we must be, and how hie we must fly to come to the Eating of this Body worthily, let Chrysostom even there expound Chrysostom. He nameth Eagles (saith he) to show, that he must get him up on high, that cometh to this Body, and that he must have nothing to do with the Earth, neither be drawn downward to base things, and creep, but always fly upward, and behold the Sun of righteousness, &c. VVill ye yet hear him more plainly declare, what he meaneth by this high Eagles flight? Wipe away (saith he) all filth from thy Soul, prepare thy mind to receive these Mysteries. If the Kings Child arrayed in purple and Diadem were delivered unto thee to bear, wouldest thou not caste down on the ground all that thou holdest,