A04468:1987
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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Such Amplifications, and vehement, and extraordinary speeches, notwithstanding in some cases they may be dangerous, yet oftentimes they seem necessary, the better to quicken the dullness, and negligence of the people. And therefore Chrysostom saith,1 Behold, The Lamb of God is slain: The Blood even now is drawn from his side: and the whole people is coloured, and made rid and Bloody with the same: Not for that it was so in deed: but to lift up, and to withdraw the Hearts of the people, from the outward Corruptible Creatures of the Bread, and Wine, to a Spiritual, and Mystical understanding, that is to ⟨p. 287⟩say, to the Eating, and Drinking of the very Body, and Blood of Christ. And to that end he saith, Aquilas appellat, ut ostendat, ad alta eum oportere contendere, qui ad hoc Corpus accedit: He calleth us Eagles, to show, that he must mount on high, and flee aloft, who so will approach near to that Body. Likewise he saith,2 In Coelum, vocat nos, ad Magni Regis Mensam: Christ calleth us up into Heaven, unto the Table of the great King. And again, illum Sursum sedentem hic degustamus: We being here beneath, taste him sitting in Heaven above. So saith S. Hierome, Ascendamus cum Domino in Coenaculum Magnum, stratum, atque mundatum: & accipiamus ab eo Sursum Calicem Novi Testamenti: Let us Ascend up with our Lord into that great Dining Chamber adorned, and made clean: and there above let us receive of him the Cup of the New Testament.
Sutche Amplifications, and vehemente, and extraordinarie speaches, notwithstandinge in some cases they maie be dangerous, yet oftentimes they seeme necessarie, the better to quicken the dulnesse, and negligence of the people. And therefore Chrysostome saithe,1 Beholde, The Lambe of God is slaine: The Bloude euen novve is dravven from his side: and the whole people is coloured, and made ridde and Bloudy with the same: Not for that it was so in deede: but to lifte vp, and to withdrawe the Hartes of the people, from the outwarde Corruptible Creatures of the Breade, and Wine, to a Spiritual, and Mystical vnderstandinge, that is to ⟨p. 287⟩