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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 › M. Harding. The .13. Division.Article 12 › M. Hardinge. The .13. Diuision.
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To be short, by his report, the Sacraments of the old Testament be but Figures, and Shadows of things to come, the Sacraments of the new Testament, not Shadows of things to come (195)1 but Figures of things present, which are contained and delivered under them in Mystery, but yet substantially: at the end of all, Figures in Heaven shall cease and be abolished, and there shall we see ⟨p. 467⟩all those things that here he hidden, clearly face to face. And where Christ saith, that he will drink his Passover new with us in the kingdom of his Father, Nazianzene so expoundeth that word, New as it may be referred to the manner of the exhibiting, not to the thing exhibited. Not that in the world to come we shall have an other Body of our Lord, which now we have not,2 but that we shall have the self same Body, that now we have in the Sacrament of the Altar in a Mystery, but yet verily, and substantially, after an other sort and manner, and in that respect new. For so had without Mystery, or coverture in clear sight, and most joyful fruition, it is new in comparison of this present knowledge.
To be shorte, by his reporte, the Sacramentes of the olde Testament be but Figures, and Shadowes of thinges to come, the Sacramentes of the new Testament, not Shadowes of thinges to come (195)1 but Figures of thinges present, whiche are conteined and deliuered vnder them in Mysterie, but yet substantially: at the ende of al, Figures in Heauen shal cease and be abolisshed, and there shal wee see ⟨p. 467⟩al those thinges that here he hidden, clearely face to face. And where Christe saith, that he wil drinke his Passeouer new with vs in the kingdome of his Father, Nazianzene so expoundeth that woorde, New as it may be referred to the manner of the exhibitinge, not to the thinge exhibited. Not that in the worlde to come wee shal haue an other Bodie of our Lorde, whiche now wee haue not,2