We grant, we have departed from you, upon such occasion, and in such for te, as Moses sometime departed from out of Egypt: or, as S. Augustine from the Manichees. How be it, in very deed, you nave rather departed from out of us. 1Chrysostom saithe, Sic de ista Nova Hierusalem, id est, de Ecclesia, qui Spirituales Christiani fuerunt, relicta Corporali Ecclesia, quam perfidi occupaverant violentia, exierunt ab illis. Magis autem illi exierunt à nobis, sicut Johannes exponit. Non enim ille de Ecclesia exire videtur, qui corporaliter exit, sed qui Spiritualiter Veritatis Ecclesiasticae Fundamenta reliquit. Nos enim ab illis ex•uimus Corpore: illi à nobis animo. Nos enim ab illis extuimus Loco: Illi à nobis Fide. Nos apud illos reliquimus Fundamenta parietum: Illi apud nos reliquerunt Fundamenta Scripturarum. Nos ab illis egressi sumus secundum aspectum Hominum: Illi autem à nobis secundum Judicium Dei. Relicta est autem deserta, ex quo de illa Corporali Ecclesia Spiritualis exivit: Id est, de populo suo, qui videbatur Christianus, & non erat, Populus iste exivit qui non videbatur, & erat. Magis autem, secundumquod diximus, illi à nobis exierunt quàm nos ab illis: Even so, touching this New Jerusalem, which is the Church, they, that were Spiritu. [Christian men, leaving the Bodily Church, which the wicked by violence had invaded, departed out from them: Or, as s S. John expoundeth it, they rather departed out from us. For he seemeth not in deed to depart from the Church, that Bodily departeth: but he, that Spiritually leaveth the Foundations of the Ecclesiastical Truth. We have departed from them, in Body: they have departed from us, in Mind. We from them, by Place: they from us, by Faith. We have left with them the Foundations of the Walls: They have left with us the Foundations of the Scriptures. We are departed forth from them, in the sight of Man: They are departed from us, in the Judgement of God. But now, after that the Spiritual Church is gone forth, the Bodily Church is left forsaken: That is to say, from that people, that seemed to be a Christian people, and was not, this people is gone forth, that seemed not out worldly, but was so in deed. Notwithstanding, as we have said before, they have rather departed from us, then we from them.
Wee graunte, wée haue departed from you, vpon sutche occasion, and in sutche sor te, as Moses sommetime departed from oute of Aegypte: or, as S. Augustine from the Manichees. How be it, in very deede, you naue rather departed from out of vs. 1Chrysostome saithe, Sic de ista Noua Hierusalem, id est, de Ecclesia, qui Spirituales Christiani fuerunt, relicta Corporali Ecclesia, quam perfidi occupauerant violentia, exierunt ab illis. Magis autem illi exierunt à nobis, sicut Iohannes exponit. Non enim ille de Ecclesia exire videtur, qui corporaliter exit, sed qui Spiritualiter Veritatis Ecclesiasticae Fundamenta reliquit. Nos enim ab illis ex•uimus Corpore: illi à nobis animo. Nos enim ab illis extuimus Loco: Illi à nobis Fide. Nos apud illos reliquimus Fundamenta parietum: Illi apud nos reliquerunt Fundamenta Scripturarum. Nos ab illis egressi sumus secundum aspectum Hominum: Illi autem à nobis secundum Iudicium Dei. Relicta est autem deserta, ex quo de illa Corporali Ecclesia Spiritualis exiuit: Id est, de populo suo, qui videbatur Christianus, & non erat, Populus iste exiuit qui non videbatur, & erat. Magis autem, secundumquod diximus, illi à nobis exierunt quàm nos ab illis: Euen so, touchinge this Nevve Hierusalem, whiche is the C•urche, they, that were Spiritu. [Christian menne, lecuinge the Bodily Churche, whiche the wicked by violence had inuaded, departed out from them: Or, as s S. Iohn expoundeth it, they rather departed out from vs. For he seemeth not in deede to departe from the Churche, that Bodily departeth: but he, that Spiritually leaueth the Fundations of the Ecclesiastical Truthe. VVe haue departed from them, in Body: they haue departed from vs, in Minde. VVe from them, by Place: they from vs, by Faithe. VVee haue leafte with them the Fundations of the VValles: They haue leafte with vs the Fundations of the Scriptures. VVee are departed foorthe from them, in the sighte of Man: They are departed from vs, in the Iudgemente of God. But nowe, after that the Spiritual Churche is gonne foorthe, the Bodily Churche is leafte foresaken: That is to saie, from that people, that seemed to be a Christian people, and was not, this people is gonne foorthe, that seemed not out wardely, but was so in dede. Notwithstandinge, as wee haue saide before, they haue rather departed from vs, then we from them.
- 1Chrysostom in Matth. Hom. 46.
