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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 albeit Christ be in neither of these Mysteries in Bodily, & Fleshly Presence, yet doth not y• thing any wise hinder, either the Substance of that holy Mystery, or the Truth of our receiving.1 And for the cause S. Augustine saith, Non fallit nos Apostolus, qui dicit, Christū habitare in cordibus nostris per Fidem. In te est▪ quia ipsa fides in te est. The Apostle deceiveth us not, in saying, that Christ dwelleth in our hearts by Faith. He is in thee (not Really▪ or Bodily, but) because his Faith is within thee. M. Harding will Reply, This cannot suffice. For Cyril, & Hilary say, That Christ, not only by Faith, but also Corporally, Carnally, and Naturally is within us. These words in their own rigour, without some gentle Construction, seem very hard.2 Even so Hilarius in y• same Book of the Trinity saith, That we are one with God the Father, and the Son, not only by Adoption, or Consent of mind, but also by Nature: 3Which saying, according to the sound of the letter, cannot be true. Therefore the Fathers have been fain to expound, & to mollify such violent & excessive kinds of Speech. Chrysostom, where he saith, We are made one lump w•th Christ, addeth, as it is said before, his correction withal, Ut ita dicam, As it were, or, If I may use such manner of Speech. 4In like manner saith S. Augustine, Qui in Christum credit, credendo in Christum venit, & in eum Christus, & quodammodò unitur in eum, & membrū in Corpore eius efficitur. 5He that believeth in Christ, by believing cometh into Christ, and Christ into him, and, after a certain manner, is united unto him, and made a member in his Body. In a manner, he saith, but not according to the force of the letter. Again he expoundeth this word, Corporaliter, in this wise, Non umbraliter, sed verè, & solidè. Not, as in a shadow, but truly, and perfectly.