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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 8 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 8 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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The B. of Salisbury.
The B. of Sarisburie.
I marvel, M. Harding would ever allege this place, for the Adoration of the Sacrament. For doth he think, that whatsoever thing is so called upon, is therefore Adored with godly honour? Or hath he forgotten, that in his Church of Rome they use thus to salute the holy Oil, Ave Sanctum Oleum? All hail ô holy Oil? Or hath he forgotten that he him self, in his Church, thus saluteth a Cross of Wood, Ave Rex noster? Alhaile our King? Or that he maketh his prayer, and petition to the same material Wooden Cross in this wise, O Crux, ave, spes unica, hoc Passionis tempore: auge pijs justitiam, reisque dona veniam, All hail O Cross, our only hope, in this time of the Passion: ge•e thou increase of righteousness unto the godly: and give thou pardon unto sinners. Or shall we think therefore, either, that he giveth godly honour unto a corruptible creature, or that Christ is there present hidden under the form of wood? This might suffice, to answer this place of Dionysius. I think M. Harding doth remember,1 that Epiphanius saith, The Sacrament is a thing Unsensible, that can neither see us, nor hear our prayer: And he knoweth that Pachymeres the Greek Paraphrast in this sense expoundeth the words of Dionysius. O Divinum, & Sacrum Mysterium. Affatur illud, tanquam rem animatā &c. He speaketh unto the Sacrament, as if it were a thing endued with sense, and life. And ⟨p. 398⟩well. For so Gregory the great Divine saith, O magnum, & Sanctum Pascha. O great, and holy Passover. For our Lord Jesus Christ as he is our Passover, so is he that holy Mystery. And unto him the Bishop directeth his speech. Unto him being in Heaven, not unto the thing that presently lieth before him upon the Table. And that this was Dionysius very meaning, it appeareth by that immediately went before. Ingrediamur ab effectis ad causas: Let us enter from these outward effects into the causes: that is to say, Let us withdraw our eyes from the Visible Sacraments, and spiritually let us behold Christ, whose Sacraments they be, and who by the same is represented. In like manner Dionysius speaketh of the Consecration of the Oil, Adducamus vela, &c. Let us remove the veils, and behold that Spiritual Brightness it self, &c. By which Spiritual Brightness, doubtless he meant Christ.