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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 › M. Harding. The .4. Division.Article 22 › M. Hardinge. The .4. Diuision.
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M. Harding. The .4. Division.
M. Hardinge. The .4. Diuision.
Here because many of them, which have cut them selves from the Church,1 condemn the Reservation of the Sacrament, and affirm, that the Body of Christ remaineth not in the same, no longer then during the time, whiles it is received, alleging against Reservation the example of the Paschal ⟨p. 622⟩Lamb in the old law, wherein nothing ought to have remained until the morning,2 and likewise of Manna: I will rehearse that notable and known place of Cyrillus Alexandrinus. His words be these:3 Audio quòd dicant mysticam benedictionem, si ex ea remanserint in sequentem diem reliquiae, ad sanctificationem inutilem esse. Sed insaniunt haec dicentes. Non enim alius fit Christus, neque sanctum eius corpus immutabitur: Sed virtus benedictionis, & vivifica gratia manet in illo. It is told me, they say, that the mystical blessing (so he calleth the blessed Sacrament) in case portions of it be kept until the next day, is of no virtue to Sanctification. But they be mad, that thus say. For Christ becometh not an other, neither his Holy body is changed: but the virtue of the consecration, and the quickening or life giving grace, abideth still in it. By this saying of Cyrillus, we see, that he accounteth the error of our adversaries in this Article, no other then a mere madness. The Body of Christ (sayeth he) which he termeth the Mystical blessing, because it is a most holy Mystery done by consecration, once consecrated is not changed, but the virtue of the consecration, and the grace that giveth life, (250)