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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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Further, that we be thus in Christ, and Christ in us, requireth not any Corporal, or Local Being, as in things Natural. We are in Christ sitting in Heaven: and Christ sitting in Heaven is here in us, not by a Natural, but by a Spiritual mean of Being.1 S. Augustine saith, Postquam ex morruis Resurrexit, & Ascendit ad Patrem, est in nobis per Spiritum. After that Christ is Risen from the dead, and Ascended unto his Father, he is in us by his Sprite. 2Which saying agreeth well with these words of S. Basil, Paulus ait, Si quis Spiritum Christi non habet, hic non est eius. Deinde addit, Si tamen Christus sit in vobis: ac si diceret, Si Spiritus Christi sit in vobis. S. Paule saith, If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is not of him. He addeth further these words, If Christ be in you: 3which is as much, as if he had said, If the Sprite of Christ be within you. So likewise S. Augustine imagineth Christ to say unto Mary Maudlen, Ascendam ad Patrem meum: tum tange me. I will Ascend up unto my Father: then touch thou me: Meaning thereby, that distance of place cannot hinder Spiritual touching.4 Again S. Augustine imagineth, Christ thus to say unto the people, Qui venit ad me, incorporatur mihi. He that cometh unto me, is Incorporate into me. 5He addeth of his own, Veniamus ad eum: Jutremus ad eum: Incorporemur ei: Let us go unto him: let us enter unto him: let us be Incorporate into h•m: Thus, notwithstanding Christ were in Heaven, and distant in place, yet was he present in S. Paul: for so S. Paul him self saith, Will ye have a trial of Christ, that speaketh within me? This Conjunction is Spiritual, and therefore needeth not, neither Circumstance of Place,6 nor Corporal Presence. Likewise S. Cyprian saithe, Nostra & Christi Coniunctio, nec miscet Personas, nec unit Substantias: sed affectus consociat, & confoederat voluntates. The Conjunction, that is between Christ and us, neither do the mingle Persons, nor unite Substances: but it doth knit our affects together, and join our wills. Yet notwithstanding, the same Conjunction, because it is Spiritual, true, full, and perfect, therefore is expressed of these Holy Fathers by this term, Corporal: which removeth all manner light, and Accidental joining: and Natural, whereby all manner Imagination, or Fantasy, and Conjunction only of Will, and Consent is excluded: