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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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For this cause the Sacrifices of our Prayers, and other like devotions, are called Unbloody, for that they require no Fleshly Service, or Shedding of Blood, as did the Sacrifices of the Jews, and Heathens, but are mere Ghostly, and Spiritual, and stand wholly in the lifting up, and elevation of the mind.
For this cause the Sacrifices of our Praiers, and other like deuotions, are called Unblouddy, for that they require no Fleashely Seruice, or Sheaddinge of Bloude, as did the Sacrifices of the Iewes, and Heathens, but are mere Ghostly, and Spiritual, and stande wholy in the lyftinge vp, and eleuation of the minde.
In like manner the Ministration of the Holy Communion is sometimes of the Ancient Fathers called an Unbloody Sacrifice: 1not in respect of any Corporal, or Fleshly presence, that is imagined to be there without Bloudsheaddinge, but for that it representeth, and reporteth unto our minds that One, and Everlasting Sacrifice, that Christ made in his Body upon the Cross. Therefore Eusebius saith, Excitamus illi Altar Incruentorum, & Rationabilium Sacrificiorum, secundum Nova Mysteria: We erect unto God an Altar of Unbloody, and Reasonable, or Spiritual Sacrifices, according to the New Mysteries. Again, Sacrificium incendimus illi, Memoriam magni illius Sacrificij: 2We burn a Sacrifice unto God, that is, the Remembrance of that great Sacrifice. Likewise againe: Christus obtulit Mirabile Sacrificium ⟨p. 580⟩pro salute omnium nostrum jubens nos offer Memoriam pro Sacrificio: Christ offered up that Marvellous Sacrifice for our Salvation, commanding us to offer a Remembrance thereof, instead of a Sacrifice. So likewise saith S. Hierome,3 although not altogether in like respect, Pane, & Vino, Puro, & Simplici Sacrificio Christi dedicavi Sacramentum: He dedicated the Sacrament of Christ in Bread, and Wine, which is (not a Bloody, or loathsome, but) a Pure, and a Simple Sacrifice.