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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 › M. Harding. The .9. Division.Article 10 › M. Hardinge. The .9. Diuision.
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M. Harding. The .9. Division.
M. Hardinge. The .9. Diuision.
And that this being of Accidents without Substance, or Subject in this Sacrament, under which, the Bread not remaining, the Body of Christ is Present, may the rather be believed: it is to be considered, that this thing took place, at the first Creation of the world, after the Opinion of some Doctors.1 Who do affirm, that that first light, which was at the beginning until the fourth day (182)2 was not in any Subject, but sustained by the power of God, as him liked. For that first light, and the same, were as whiteness, and a Body whited, saith S. Basil. Neither then was Wycliffe yet borne, who might teach them, that the power of God can not put an Accident without a Subject. For so he saith in his book De Apostasia Ca. 5. as Coclaeus reporteth. Hereof it appeareth out of what root the Gospellers of our Country spring.3 Who smatching of the shape of that wicked tree, and hereby showing their kind, appoint bounds, and borders to the power of God,4 that is infinite, and incomprehensible. And thus by those Fathers we may conclude, that if God can sustain and keep Accidents with Substance, he can so do without Substance.
And that this beinge of Accidentes without Substance, or Subiecte in this Sacramente, vnder whiche, the Breade not remaininge, the Bodie of Christe is Present, maye the rather be beleeued: it is to be considered, that this thinge tooke place, at the firste Creation of the worlde, after the Opinion of some Doctours.