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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 6 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 6 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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Being in a Mystery, as it is before answered, like as it requireth no Circumstance, or Necessity of place, so it requireth no Bodily, or Real Presence. Contrariwise, if Christs Body were Present in deed, & that in such Gross, & Fleshly sort, as is here conceived, then were it no Mystery. For, to be Present in a Mystery, and to be Bodily, and Fleshly present, are taken for contraries. And therefore the Gloss saith, as is before alleged, Sacramentum dicitur Corpus Christi, non rei Veritate, sed significante Mysterio.1 The Sacrament of Christs Body is called Christs Body: not in Trueth of the matter, but by a Mystery Signifying.
Beinge in a Mysterie, as it is before answeared, like as it requireth no Circumstance, or Necessitie of place, so it requireth no Bodily, or Real Presence. Contrariwise, if Christes Bodie were Present in déede, & that in suche Grosse, & Fleashly sorte, as is here conceiued, then were it no Mysterie. For, to be Present in a Mysterie, and to be Bodily, and Fleashly present, are taken for contraries. And therefore the Glose saithe, as is before alleged, Sacramentum dicitur Corpus Christi, non rei Veritate, sed significante Mysterio.1 The Sacrament of Christes Bodie is called Christes Bodie: not in Trueth of the mater, but by a Mysterie Signifi•inge.
- 1De Conse. dist. 2. Hoc est. in Glosa.
But, where as it is further said, that this Mystical presence is known only unto God, and, I trow, to M. Harding, and to no man beside, all this is nothing else, but a Religious Folly, imagined only to astone, and amaze the Simple. For the Scriptures, and Holy Fathers are acquainted with no such Mystery. The Sacrament of Baptism is a Mystery, even as is the Sacrament of Christs Body: and as Christ is Present in the one, so is he also Present in the other: that is to say, Truly, Verily, effectually, and in deed: how be it not in this Gross manner of M. Hardinges Fleshly Presence. The places of S. Augustine, and S. Gregory concern only Christs Incarnation, the Union of the Divinity, & the Humanity, and other such Articles, and grounds of Christian Religion, wherein Nature, & Reason utterly have no place: and therefore being spoken of one thing, are applied by M. Harding unto an other. Neither is M. Harding able truly to say, that in any of all those places, there is either mention once made, or one Word spoken of the Sacrament. Wherefore it seemeth, M. Harding would purposely mislead his Reader, and teach him to Reason in this sort: Christ was Miraculously Incarnate of the Blessed Virgin: