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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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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,2 quem fusuri sunt, qui me Crucifigent. Sacramentum aliquod vobis commendavi: Spiritualiter intellectum vivificat vos. Understand ye spiritually, that I have spoken. Ye shall not eat (with your bodily mouth) this Body that you see: nor shall ye (with your bodily mouth) drink that Blood, which they shall shed, that shall Crucify me. I give you a certain Sacrament. The same being spiritually understanded giveth you life.3 So saith S. Basil, Gustate, & videre, quoniam suavis est Dominus. Taste ye, and see, that the Lord is gracious. And further he saith: We have oftentimes marked (in the Scriptures) that the inward powers of the mind, have their names of the outward members of the Body.4 Therefore, for as much as our Lord is the true Bread, and his Flesh the true food, It must needs be, that the delectation, and pleasure of the same, be moved and caused within us, by a spiritual kind of taste. Again he saith, Further we say, that there is a certain Spiritual mouth of the inner man, wherewith he is fed, receiving the Word of life, which is the Bread that came from Heaven. Likewise saith S. Augustine, Fides habet oc•los suos. Faith hath eyes of her own, to see with all. Again, Intus bibendo felix sum. Happy am I, when I drink (in my heart) within. And again, Panis iste interioris hominis quaerit esuriem. This Bread seeketh the hunger of the inner man. So saith Leo, Circa hoc Corpus Aquilae sunt, quae alis circumuolant spiritualibus. About this Body be Eagles, that flee about it with spiritual wings. So likewise Origen: