A14347:39
A discourse or treatise of Peter Martyr Vermilla Floor[n]tine, the public reader of divinity…A discourse or traictise of Petur Martyr Vermilla Flore[n]tine, the publyque reader of diuinitee…
A discourse or treatise of Peter Martyr Vermilla Floor[n]tine, the public reader of divinity in the University of Oxford wherein he openly declared his whole and determinate judgement concerning the sacrament of the Lords supper in the said University.A discourse or traictise of Petur Martyr Vermilla Flore[n]tine, the publyque reader of diuinitee in the Vniuersitee of Oxford wherein he openly declared his whole and determinate iudgemente concernynge the sacrament of the Lordes supper in the sayde Vniuersitee.
London: printed by Robert Stoughton i.e. E. Whitchurch for Nicolas Udall, 1550London: printed by Robert Stoughton i.e. E. Whitchurch for Nycolas Udall, 1550
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They yet further allege and bring in for their purpose, that it is not put in the greek simply and only. This is my body, but this article, the, is put thereto, so that it is said in Greek not [Greek or Hebrew] ⟨p. vii⟩alone, but thus, [Greek or Hebrew], as if ye should say in English, the body of me. And the Greeks do ever commonly use to add such articles, when they will properly and effectually signify or express the thing that they speak of, which phrase of speaking by articles, the Latin men have not, but our English tongue, and the most part of other tongues have them.
Thei yet ferther allege and brynge in for their purpose, that it is not put in the greke simply and onely. This is my bodye, but this article, the, is put thereto, so that it is sayed in Greke not 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 ⟨p. vii⟩alone, but thus, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, as if ye should saie in Englishe, the bodye of me. And the Grekes dooe euer cō monly vse to adde suche articles, whan they will properly and effectually signifie or expresse the thyng that thei speake of, whiche phrase of speakyng by articles, the Latin men haue not, but our Englishe toung, and the moste parte of other toungues haue them.
They go yet further, and allege, that Christ made §xvi.promise unto his Apostles, saying: I Will be with you until the end or consummation of the world. Which words (say they) are not to be referred to his godhead only, (for the Apostles themselves knew that point well enough and doubted nothing of it) but because they were sad and heavy for his bodily departure, therefore he comforteth them, saying that he will be present with them afterward, even in his body too.