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The sermons of Master Henry Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his…The sermons of Maister Henrie Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his…
The sermons of Master Henry Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his corrected copies in his life time.The sermons of Maister Henrie Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his corrected copies in his life time.
London: printed by Richard Field for Thomas Man, 1593
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Now, as the breaking of the bread did signify the breaking of his body, so the bread must needs signify his body: but as his body was not broken indeed when the bread was broken, so the bread could not be his body indeed, for then his body should have bin broken when the bread was broken: Yet let them object what they can.
Now, as the breaking of the bread did signifie the breaking of his bodie, so the bread must needes signifie his bodie: but as his bodie was not broken indeede when the bread was broken, so the bread could not be his bodie indeed, for then his body should haue bin broken when the bread was broken: Yet let them obiect what they can.
I answer,1 though this seem dark to Papists, yet it was not dark to the Apostles, they understood his meaning well enough, and all the rest for 1215. years after Christ before Transubstantiation was spoken of. If the Apostles had not understood his meaning, they would not stick to ask him, as their manner was, until they were acquainted with Christs phrase, whensoever they doubted upon any of his speeches, they were wont to come unto him and say;