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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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The words of the Council of Nice, only withdraw us from the Natural, & Visible Elements of the Bread▪ and the Wine, and require our Inner Spiritual sight,1 and the Contemplation of the mind. The words be plain, Ne proposito Pani, & Poculo humiliter intenti simus. That we consider not basely the Bread, and the Wine, that are set before us. And therefore S. Augustine saith, In Sacramentis Fidelium dicitur,2 Surium corda. In the Sacraments of the Faithful it is said, Lift up your hearts. By which words we are put in remembrance, that there is nothing in the action to be considered, but only Christ the Lamb of God, that hath taken away the sins of the world.3 And therefore Chrysostom saith, We must become Eagles, and soar above, if we list to come near to that Body. 4Thus with the Spiritual eyes of our hearts we see the Lamb of God. And as S. Ambrose saith,5 Magis videtur quod non videtur, The thing is better seen, that (with our bodily eyes) is not seen. For the same cause S. Augustine saith,6 In Sacramentis videndum est, non, quid sint, sed, quid ostendant. Signa enim rerum sunt, aliud existentia, & aliud Significantia. In Sacraments we must consider, not what they be in deed, but what they represent. For they are Tokens of things, being one thing in them self, and signifying an other. And as touching our beholding of Christ in the Sacrament, in most plain wise he writeth thus,7 Sic nos facit moveri, tanquam videamus Praesentem Dominū in Cruce. It worketh such motions in us, as if we saw our Lord him self Present upon the Cross. And this is it that Eusebius Emissenus writeth, as he is alleged of Gratian, Ut colererur jugiter per Mysterium: & perennis illa Victima viveret in Memoria, & Semper praesens esset in Gratia. That the Body (that was once offered for our Price) should evermore be worshipped by a Mystery: and that, that Everlasting Sacrifice should live in Remembrance, and be Present n Grace for ever. In this spiritual sort is Christ Laid Present upon the Table: but not in M. Hardinges Gross, and Fleshly manner. And therefore S. Augustine saith in like sense unto the Faithful Communicants: