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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 12 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 12 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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And touching the words of Christ, This is my Body, he saith not, These Shows, or Accidents of Bread, as M. Harding full unadvisedly expoundeth him, but, this Bread is my Body. Wherein he hath the consent both of the Scriptures, and also of the Ancient Doctors of the Church. S. Paul saith (Not the outward Form,1 or Accident, but) The Bread, that we Break, is the Participation of Christs Body. Irenaeus saith, Panis, in quo Gratiae actae sunt, est Corpus Domini. The Breade, wherein thanks are given, is the Body of the Lord. Origen saithe,2 Dominus Panem Discipulis dabat, dicens, Hoc est Corpus meum. Our Lord gave Bread unto his Disciples, saying, This is my Body. So S. Cyprian, Vinum fuit, quod Sanguinem suum dixit. It was Wine, that he called his Blood. 3So Chrysostome, Christus, cùm hoc Mysterium tradidit, Vinum tradidit. Christ, when he gave this Mystery, he gave wine. 4Likewise Cyrillus, Christus Fragmenta Panis dedit Discipulis. Christ gave Fragments, or pieces of Bread to his Disciples. Thus Tertullian understood, and expounded the words of Christ. Wherefore it is great folly, to charge him with this new imagination of Accidents, and so unadvisedly, and without cause to reprove him, for speaking that, he never spake. By these we may the better judge of M. Hardinges own Exposition. For thus he saith, When Christe saide, Hoc, This, he showed not forth the Visible Accident, or Form of Bread, but his very Natural Body. It appeareth, that M. Harding, either little considereth, or not much regardeth his own words. For all the rest of his side hold for most certain, that their Transubstantiation is not wrought, before the uttering of the last Syllable. Which thing notwithstanding, M. Harding contrary to a• his fellows (I will not say, contrary to him self) saith, that the Bread is turned into Christs Body, only at the utterance of the first Syllable. And so by this New Divinity, Christs Body is made Present, and the Sacrament is a Sacrament, before Consecration: & all is ended, before it be begun: which in M. Hardinges Schools, not long sithence, was counted an error above all errors: which to shift, they were fain to devise, Individuum Vagum.