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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 22 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 22 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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For, briefly to open some part of the Mysteries, which every of the simple unlearned People may not know, mark, I beseech thee, good Christian Reader, how plainly they have determined the manner of Christs being in the Sacrament. Thomas of Aquine that most famous of all the School doctors writeth thus: In Corpore Christi in Sacramento non est distantia partium ab inuicem, 1ut oculi ab oculo, aut Capitis à pedibus: sicut est in alijs Corporibus organicis. Talis enim distantia par•ium est in ipso Corpore Christi vero: sed non prout est in Sacramento. Quia sic non habet Quantitatem dimensivam. In the Body of Christ in the Sacrament there is no distance of parts, one from an other: as between eye, and eye: or eye, and ear: or head, and feet, as it is in other natural Bodies: For such a distance there is in the True Body of Christ: but not as it is in the Sacrament. For so it hath no dimension of Quantities. Out of which words the Reader may gather by the way, that, the True Body of Christ is not in the Sacrament. O what a Christ have they devised for them selves? He hath neither Quantity, nor Proportion of Body, nor distance of parts: he is neither long, nor short, nor round, nor broad, nor thick, nor thin: his eyes, his ears, his head, his feet are all in one. Yet is this the very Proportion, and stature of Christs Body, even as he walked upon the Earth: and even as he was na•le• upon the Cross.
For, briefely to open some parte of the Mysteries, whiche euery of the simple vnlearned People may not knowe, marke, I beseeche thée, good Christian Reader, how plainely they haue determined the manner of Christes beinge in the Sacrament. Thomas of Aquine yt most famous of al the Schooledoctours writeth thus: In Corpore Christi in Sacramento non est distantia partium ab inuicem, 1vt oculi ab oculo, aut Capitis à pedibus: sicut est in alijs Corporibus organicis. Talis enim distātia par•ium est in ipso Corpore Christi vero: sed non prout est in Sacramento. Quia sic non habet Quantitatem dimensiuam. In the Bodie of Christe in the Sacramente there is no distance of partes, one from an other: as bitweene eie, and eie: or eie, and eare: or heade, and feete, as it is in other natural Bodies: For suche a distance there is in the True Bodie of Christe: but not as it is in the Sacramente. For so it hath no dimension of Quantities. Out of which woordes the Reader may geather by the way, that, the True Bodie of Christe is not in the Sacramente. O what a Christe haue they diuised for them selues? He hath neither Quantitie, nor Proportion of Bodie, nor distance of partes: he is neither longe, nor shorte, nor rounde, nor broade, nor thicke, nor thinne: his eies, his eares, his heade, his feete are al in one. Yet is this the very Proportion, and stature of Christes Bodie, euen as he walkte vpon the Earthe: and euen as he was nale vpon the Crosse.