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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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The words,1 wherein ye find fault, M. Harding, are not ours, but S. Pauls. If they be false, why did he write them? If they be true, why do you blame them? Here ye seem to check S. Paul, and not only us. Ye say, The raising of our Flesh is also assigned in the Holy Scripture to the Real, and Substantial Eating of Christs Flesh. But whence had ye these words, M. Harding? Where found ye these Scriptures? Dissemble no longer: Deal plainly & simply: It is Gods cause. For a show,2 ye allege these words of Christ, written by S. John: He that Eateth my Flesh, and Drinketh my Blood, hath Life Everlasting: And I will raise him up again in the last day. These words we know: and the Eating of Christs Flesh we know: But where is your Real, and Substantial, and Carnal Eating? Where did S. John ever tell you, that Christs Body is Eaten with Teethe, and conveyed further in such gross,3 and fleshly wise into the belly? S. Augustine expounding the same words, saith thus, Creed, & Manducasti: Credere in Christum, hoc est Manducare Panem Vivum: Iste Panis Interioris Hominis quaerit esuriem: Believe thou (in Christ): and thou haste Eaten (Christ). To Believe in Christ, that is the Eating of the Bread of Life: This Bread requireth the Hunger of the Inner Man. 4And Nicolas Lyra, one of your own Doctors, saith, These words of S John pertain nothing to the Sacrament. Thus he saithe, Hoc Verbum nihil directè pertinet ad Sacramentalem, vel Corporalem Manducationem: This Saying (of the Sixth of John) pertaineth nothing directly to the Sacramental, or Corporal Eating. It was some oversight of your part, M. Harding, to seek to prove the Eating of the Sacrament by those words, that, by your own Doctors judgement, pertain nothing to the Sacrament.
The woordes,1 wherein ye finde faulte, M. Hardinge, are not oures, but S. Paules. If they be false, why did he write them? If they be true, why doo you blame them? Here ye seeme to checke S. Paule, and not onely vs. Ye saie, The raising of our Fleash is also assigned in the Holy Scripture to the Realle, and Substantial Eating of Christes Fleashe. But whence had ye these woordes, M. Hardinge? Where founde ye these Scriptures? Dissemble no longer: Deale plainely & simply: It is Gods cause. For a shewe,