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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 1 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 1 › The B. of Sarisburie.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Ad id, quod estis, responde•is, Amen. Audis Corpus Christi, & respondes, Amen. Esto membrum Corporis Christi, ut uerum sit Amen tuum. If thou wilt understand the Body of Christ, hear what S. Paul saith to the faithful. Ye are the Body, and the members of Christ. Your Mystery is set on the Lords Table. Ye receive the Mystery of the Lord. To that thing that ye are, ye answer, Amen. Thou hearest, The Body of Christ, and sayest, Amen. Be thou a member of Christs Body, that thy Amen may be true.
Ad id, quod estis, responde•is, Amen. Audis Corpus Christi, & respondes, Amen. Esto membrum Corporis Christi, vt uerum sit Amen tuum. If thou wilt vnderstande the Bodie of Christe, heare what S. Paule saithe to the faithful. Ye are the Bodie, and the members of Christe. Your Mysterie is sette on the Lordes Table. Ye receiue the Mysterie of the Lorde. To that thinge that ye are, ye answeare, Amen. Thou hearest, The Bodie of Christe, and sayest, Amen. Be thou a member of Christes Bodie, that thy Amen may be trewe.
Neither may we think that Christs Body must grossly and bodily be received into our bodies. S.1 Cyprian saith, It is meat not for the belly, but for the mind. And S. Augustine saith, Creed, & manducasti. Believe in Christ, and thou haste eaten.2 And Cyrillus, that is here alleged, writeth thus against the objections of Theodoretus. 3We do not maintain the eating of a man, unreverently, drawing the minds of the faithful unto gross, and profane imaginations: Neither do we submit these things unto mans fantasy, that be received only by pure, and tried faith. Therefore saith Athanasius, It is spiritual meat, and spiritually is digested in us.
Neither may we thinke that Christes Bodie must grossely and bodely be receiued into our bodies. S.