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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 17 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 17 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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But to leave these fantasies, and vain shifts, Christ gave his Body to be broken, and his Blood to be shed, not at his Last Supper, but only upon his Cross, and no where else.1 There he bare our iniquities: there was he rent for our Sins. And in that only respect we receive his Body, and embrace it, and have fruit of it. In this respect S. Paul saith,2 God forbid, I should rejoice in any thing, saving only in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But to leaue these fantasies, and vaine shyftes, Christe gaue his Bodie to be broken, and his Bloude to be shead, not at his Last Supper, but onely vpon his Crosse, and no where els.1 There he bare our iniquities: there was he rent for our Sinnes. And in that onely respecte we receiue his Bodie, and embrace it, and haue fruite of it. In this respecte S. Paule saith,2 God forebid, I should reioice in any thinge, sauinge onely in the Crosse of our Lorde Iesus Christe.
- 1•sai. 53.
- 2•alat. 6.
Therefore, this new Article of the Faith, of the Real Sacrificing, & Shedding of Christs Blood at the Table, neither being true in it self, nor hitherto by M. Harding any way proved, notwithstanding the great Store, and choice of his Authorities: for as much as Christ never gave, neither his Apostles, nor any their successors Commission to do more in that behalf, then he him self had done, To say, that any mortal man hath Power, and Authority, Really, and in deed to Sacrifice the Son of God, it is a manifest, and wicked blasphemy: the great, and gross errors, wherewith the Devil, and his Disciples in the time of his Kingdom of darkness have deceived the world, notwithstanding.