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The relics of Rome containing all such matters of religion, as have in times…The reliques of Rome contayning all such matters of religion, as haue in times…
The relics of Rome containing all such matters of religion, as have in times past been brought into the Church by the Pope and his adherents: faithfully gathered out of the most faithful writers of chronicles and histories, and now newly both diligently corrected & greatly augmented, to the singular profit of the readers, by Thomas Becon. 1563.The reliques of Rome contayning all such matters of religion, as haue in times past bene brought into the Church by the Pope and his adherentes: faithfully gathered out of the moste faithful writers of chronicles and histories, and nowe newly both diligently corrected & greatly augmented, to the singuler profit of the readers, by Thomas Becon. 1563.
London: printed by John Day, 1563London: printed by Iohn Day, 1563
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The third miracle is, that the body of God is daily received and eaten, & yet is there made no diminution or lesing thereof. The reason. If a thousand candles be lighted at my candle, yet is there never the less light in my candle The widow of Sarepta also did eat & yet was there never the less meal in her pot nor oil in her pitcher.1 The fourth miracle is, that the thing which is indivisible and can not be divided, ⟨image 289⟩is notwithstanding divided & remaineth whole & perfect in every part of the sacrament. This is proved by reason. In a glass, wherein any thing is represented & showed, although it be divided by parts, yet in every one of them is the same thing represented. The fifth miracle is, that the body of God taken & received of the wicked, is not defiled. The reason is this. For neither is the sun shining upon filthy places defiled, or made any thing that worse. The sixth miracle is, that the body of Christ, which is the meat of life, bringeth death to sinners. Reason proveth this to be true. For those meats, which are good & wholesome, as capons & good wine are hurtful to them that are sick & feeble in body. The seventh miracle is, that the body of Christ being received of the priest, or of any other, y• mouth of the receiver being shut, is taken up into heaven. Reason proveth this For Christ came out of the body of the virgin uncorrupt. He rose also out of the grave being shut. Again, he came into the house, where the Disciples were gathered, the doors being shut. The eight miracle is, that although the body ⟨p. 261⟩of Christ be in comprehensible, & cannot be measured, yet it is contained in so little an host. This may be proved by this reason. The apple of the eye, which is very little, comprehendeth a great thing. The ninth miracle is, that one & the self same whole body is in diverse places,2 and is received of diverse at one time. The reason. For the word of man also once uttered & spoken according to the nature of the voice, is all whole together in the ears of diverse. Moreover he that made the body & the place, maketh both to be in the one, as he willeth. Again, the Moon & the Sun, & the light are in diverse places, & are seen of diverse. The tenth miracle is, that the bread being transubstantiated & turned into the substance of the body of Christ, the accidents of the bread do remain,