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A confession of faith made by common consent of divers reformed churches beyond the…A confession of fayth made by common consent of diuers reformed churches beyonde the…
A confession of faith made by common consent of divers reformed churches beyond the seas: with an exhortation to the reformation of the Church. Perused and allowed according to the Queens Majesties injunctions.A confession of fayth made by common consent of diuers reformed churches beyonde the seas: with an exhortation to the reformation of the Churche. Perused and allowed accordinge to the Queenes Maiesties iniunctions.
London: printed by Henry Wykes for Lucas Harrison, 1568
To the reader: Unto the Christian Reader.To the reader: Ʋnto the Christian Reader.
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.
It is a world to behold, how shamefully they disagree about Hoc est Corpus 1meum, This is my Body: some say they be not the words of Consecration, but that Christ did Consecrate, when he Blessed: most part deny that, some say by the word Hoc, this is meant, Bread & not his Body: some his Body and not Bread: some nether ⟨image 9⟩Bread nor his Body, but Individüum vagū, individüum in genere, individüum entis, individüum insignitū, Individüum individui, & I know not what fantastical unknown, uncertain, unsensible thing. Vouchsafe, good gentle Reader to peruse the answer of the godly learned precious Jewel and reverend father in Christ B. of Sarum, to 2M. Hardinges Individum vagū, and thou shalt find, vij. or. viij. sundry opinions or expositions about these words of Consecration, Hoc est Corpus meum, this is my Body: which argueth either their blind ignorance, or their obstinate maliciousness. Thus all men may see, how they dissent in Transubstantiation, one of the Articles of their belief. I need not to declare the vehemency of Pope Gelasius to 3have the Sacrament ministered in both kinds: affirming, that he, which divided the Eucharist, & when he taketh the one part, abstaineth from the other, doth wickedly & committeth sacrilege. For you know that Pope Innocentius thought it no sacrilege, but high service ⟨image 10⟩to God, to command that the Cup should not be ministered to the Lay people. It were to long to show, how pitifully they dissent, & how uncō stantly they answer, when they be urged with absurdities, which necessarily followeth their Transubstantiation.
It is a world to beholde, how shamefully they disagrée about Hoc est Corpus 1meum, This is my Bodie: some say they be not the woordes of Consecration, but that Christe did Consecrate, whē he Blessed: most parte denie that, some saye by the woorde Hoc, this is meante, Bread & not his Bodie: some his Bodie and not Bread: some nether