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The true copies of the letters between the reverend father in God John Bishop…The true copies of the letters betwene the reuerend father in God Iohn Bisshop…
The true copies of the letters between the reverend father in God John Bishop of Sarum and D. Cole upon occasion of a sermon that the said Bishop preached before the Queens Majesty, and her most honourable Counsel. 1560. Set forth and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Queens Maiesties iniunctions. Cum gratia & privilegio Regiæ Maiestatis per septennium.The true copies of the letters betwene the reuerend father in God Iohn Bisshop of Sarum and D. Cole vpon occasion of a sermon that the said Bishop preached before the Quenes Maiestie, and hir most honorable Counsel. 1560. Set forthe and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions. Cum gratia & priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis per septennium.
London: printed by John Day, 1560
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.
Jo•n Duns, and william Durand say thus, if there remained the substance of bread, after consecration, the people would thereof take occasion of Idolatry, and in stead of Christs body, would give godly worship unto y• bread. And therefore, they thought it best to remove away the bread▪ and to bring in transubstantiation a word newly devised▪ & never once herd, or spoken of, before the council of ⟨p. 140⟩Lateran, holden at Rome, in the year of our Lord. M. ccxv. But the old doctors, & fathers, which first planted the church, and to whom more credit is to be given, write plainly, that in the sacrament, after consecration, there remaineth still, very bread, & wine in nature, and substance as before. And to allege one or two in stead of many, Saint Augustine (sayeth) in a sermon ad infantes. Quod videtis in m•nsa, panis est. That thynge that ye see, upon the table, is bred. Gelasius also saith; in like sort. Non desinit esse substā tia panis, vel natura vini: sed manē • in suae proprietate naturae. It leaveth not to be the substance of bread, or the nature of wine, but they remain, in the property of their own nature.
Io•n Duns, and william Durand say thus, if there remayned the substaunce of bread, after consecration, the people would therof take occasion of Idolatry, and in steade of Christes bodye, woulde geue godly worship vnto y• bread. And therfore, they thought it best to remoue away the bread▪ and to bring in transubstātiation a word ne•ly deuised▪ & neuer once herd, or spoken of, before the councel of ⟨p. 140⟩Laterane, holden at Rome, in the yere of our Lorde. M. ccxv. But the olde doctours, & fathers, which fyrste planted the churche, and to whome more credit is to be geuē, wryte plainlye, that in the sacramente, after consecration, there remayneth styll, very bread, & wyne in nature, and substaunce as before. And to alleadg one or two in stead of many, Saint Augustine (sayeth) in a sermon ad infantes. Quod videtis in mnsa, panis est. That thynge that ye see, vpon the table, is bred. Gelasius also sayth; in lyke sort. Non desinit esse substā tia panis, vel natura vini: sed manē in suae proprietate naturae. It leaueth not to be the substaunce of bread, or the nature of wyne, but they remayne, in the propertie of theyr own nature.