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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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First of all, the Jews desired Christ to give them Bread in the Wilderness, as Moses had given before unto their Fathers. Christ, to pull them from the gross, and material cogitations of their bellies, promised them an other kind of Bread, that should be spiritual, and last for ever. Thus he said unto them,1 My Father giveth you true Bread from Heaven. Who so eateth of this Bread shall live for ever.
First of al, the Iewes desired Christe to geue them Bread in the Wildernesse, as Moses had geuen before vnto their Fathers. Christe, to pulle them from the grosse, and material cogitations of their bellies, promised them an other kinde of Breade, that should be sp•ritual, and last for euer. Thus he saide vnto them,1 My Father geueth you true Bread from Heauen. Who so eateth of this Bread shal liue for euer.
And that they might understand, what he meant, he said further: I am the Bread, that came from Heaven. The Bread, that I will give you, is my Flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world. Thus he spake of the spiritual eating, and digesting of his ⟨p. 322⟩Flesh in the hearts of the Faithful.1 And so immediately after he opened his own mind. For, when he saw, The Jews, for that they understood him not, were offended, he said further unto them, It is the Spirit, that giveth life: the Flesh profiteth nothing. The words, that I speak, are Spirit and life. Which words S. Augustine in plainer sort expoundeth thus. Spiritualiter intelligite, quòd locutus sum. Non hoc Corpus, quod videtis, manducaturi estis, & bibituri illum Sanguinem,