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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 10 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 10 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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But for contentation of the Reader, to answer that thing, that seemeth worthy of no answer, we must understand, that the Bread, the Wine, & the Water, of their own Nature, without further Consideration, are nothing else but usual, and simple creatures.1 And therefore S. Augustine giveth this general rule touching the same, In Sacraments we must consider, not what they be of them self, but what they Signify. So S. Ambrose writeth of the Water of Baptisme: Quid vidisti? Aquas utique: sed nō solas. Apostolus docuit, non ea contemplanda, quae videntur, sed quae non videntur. What sawest thou (in thy Baptism) Water no doubt: but not only Water. The Apostle hath taught us, to behold, not the things, that be seen, but the things, that be not seen. 2Otherwise touching the very Substance of the Bread, and the Wine, he saith, Sunt, quae erant: They be the same things, that they were. And immediately before, he calleth the Sacrament touching the Bread, & the Wine, which are the material parts thereof,3 a Common, and a Known Creature.
But for contentation of the Reader, to answeare that thinge, that séemeth worthy of no answeare, we must vnderstande, that the Breade, the Wine, & the Water, of their owne Nature, without further Consideration, are nothinge els but vsual, and simple creatures.1 And therefore S. Augustine geueth this general rule touchinge the same, In Sacramentes we must consider, not what they be of them self, but what they Signifie. So S. Ambrose writeth of the Water of Baptisme: Quid vidisti? Aquas vtique: sed nō solas. Apostolus docuit, non ea cōtemplanda, quae videntur, sed quae non videntur. VVhat sawest thou (in thy Baptisme) VVater no doubte: but not onely VVater. The Apostle hath taught vs, to beholde, not the thinges, that be seene, but the thinges, that be not seene. 2Otherwise touchinge the very Substance of the Breade, and the Wine, he saith, Sunt, quae erant: They be the same thinges, that they were. And immediatly before, he calleth the Sacrament touchinge the Breade, & the Wine, whiche are the material partes thereof,