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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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Winchester.
1Origens words be very plain, and meaning also, which speak of manifestation and exhibition, which be two things to be verified three ways in our religion, that is to say, in the word, and regeneration, and the sacrament of bread and wine as this author termeth it: which Origen saith not so, but thus (the flesh of the word of God) not meaning in every of these after one sort, but after the truth of the Scripture in each of them.§1 Christ in his word is manifest and exhibited unto us, and by faith that is of hearing §2dwelleth in us spiritually, for so we have his spirit. Of Baptism S. Paul saith as many as be baptised, be clad in christ. Now in the sacrament of bred & wine by Origens rule Christ should be manifested and exhibited unto us after the scriptures,2 so as the sacrament of bread and wine should not only signify Christ, that is to say, preach him, but also exhibit him sensibly, as Origens words be reported here to be. So as Christs §3words (This is my body) should be words not of figure or showing, but of exhibiting Christs body unto us, and sensibly, as this author allegeth him, which should signify to be received with our mouth,3 as Christ commanded when he said: Take eat &c. diversely from the other two ways, in which by Christs spirit we be made participant §4of the benefit of his passion wrought in his manhood.