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An answerAn aunsvvere
An answer by the Reverend Father in God Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and metropolitan, unto a crafty and sophistical cavillation, devised by Stephen Gardiner Doctor of Law, late Bishop of Winchester against the true and godly doctrine of the most holy sacrament, of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ Wherein is also, as occasion serveth, answered such places of the book of Doct. Richard Smith, as may seem any thing worthy the answering. Here is also the true copy of the book written, and in open court delivered, by D. Stephen Gardiner ...An aunsvvere by the Reuerend Father in God Thomas Archbyshop of Canterbury, primate of all England and metropolitane, vnto a craftie and sophisticall cauillation, deuised by Stephen Gardiner Doctour of Law, late Byshop of Winchester agaynst the true and godly doctrine of the most holy sacrament, of the body and bloud of our sauiour Iesu Christ Wherein is also, as occasion serueth, aunswered such places of the booke of Doct. Richard Smith, as may seeme any thyng worthy the aunsweryng. Here is also the true copy of the booke written, and in open court deliuered, by D. Stephen Gardiner ...
London: printed by John Daye, 1580London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1580
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And as for pleading of those words, (really, corporally, sensibly and naturally) they be your own terms, and the terms wherein resteth the whole contention between you and me: and should you be offended because I speak of those terms? It appeareth now that you be loth to here ⟨p. 156⟩of those words, and would very gladly have them put in silence, and so should the variance between you and me clearly ended. For if you will confess, that the body of Christ is not in the sacrament really, corporally, sensibly, and naturally, then you and I shall shake hands, and be both earnest friends to the truth.
And as for pleading of those wordes, (really, corporally, sensibly and naturally) they be your owne termes, and the termes wherein resteth the whole contention betweene you and me: and should you be offended because I speak of those termes? It appeareth now that you be loth to here ⟨p. 156⟩of those wordes, and would very gladly haue them put in silence, and so should the variance betweene you and me clearely ended. For if you will confesse, that the body of Christ is not in the sacrament really, corporally, sensibly, and naturally, then you and I shal shake hands, and be both earnest frends to the truth.
1And yet one thing you do here confess (which is worthy to be noted & had in memory) that you read not in any old author, that the body of Christ §3is really and sensibly in the sacrament. And hereunto I add, that none of them say, that he is the bread and wine, corporally nor naturally. No never no papist said, that Christs body is in •he sacrament naturally nor carnally, but you alone, (who be the first au•, or of this gross error, which Smith himself condemneth and denieth,