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A reply unto M. Hardinges answerA replie vnto M. Hardinges ansvveare
A reply unto M. Hardinges answer by perusing whereof the discrete, and diligent reader may easily see, the weak, and unstable grounds of the Romaine religion, which of late hath been accounted Catholic. By John Jewel Bishop of Salisbury.A replie vnto M. Hardinges ansvveare by perusinge whereof the discrete, and diligent reader may easily see, the weake, and vnstable groundes of the Romaine religion, whiche of late hath beene accompted Catholique. By Iohn Iewel Bishoppe of Sarisburie.
Imprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the sign of the Black Oliphant, by Henry Wykes, Anno. 1565Imprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the signe of the Blacke Oliphante, by Henry VVykes, Anno. 1565
Article 5 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 5 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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But he saith, It is no bare Figure, as the Sacramentaries hold opinion, And therefore he thinketh, he may conclude, that Christs Body is Really present. So might he also say, The Sacrament of Baptism is no Bare Figure, Therefore Christ is therein Really present. Certainly S. Augustine speaking of the Rock in the wilderness writeth thus,1 Hinc est, quod dictum est, Petra erat Christus. Non enim dixit, Petra Significat Christum, sed tanquam hoc esset: quod utique per Substantiam non hoc erat, sed per Significationem. Therefore it is written, The Rock was Christ. For S. Paul saith not, The Rock Signified Christ, but as though it had been Christ in deed: where as it was not Christ in Substance, but by way of Signification, or by a Figure. S. Paul saith not,2 The Rock was a Figure of Christ, but the Rock was Christ. And S. Basil in like sorte saithe,3 Christus re vera Petra estimmobilis, & inconcussa. Christ in deed is the sure and the firm Rock. Yet, I trow, M. Harding will not therefore say, Christ was Really, or Carnally in the Rock.
But he saith, It is no bare Figure, as the Sacramentaries holde opinion, And therefor he thinketh, he maie cōclude, that Christes Bodie is Really present. So might he also saie, The Sacrament of Baptisme is no Bare Figure, Therfore Christ is therein Really presente. Certainely S. Augustine speakinge of the Rocke in the wildernes writeth thus,1 Hinc est, quod dictum est, Petra erat Christus. Non enim dixit, Petra Significat Christum, sed tanquam hoc esset: quod vtique per Substantiam non hoc erat, sed per Significationem. Therefore it is written, The Rocke was Christ. For S. Paule saith not, The Rocke Signified Christ, but as though it had beene Christ in deede: where as it was not Christ in Substance, but by waie of Signification, or by a Figure. S. Paule saith not,2 The Rocke was a Figure of Christ, but the Rocke was Christ. And S. Basile in like sorte saithe,3