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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 then he rising, said:
And then he rising, sayd:
Every man (good people) desireth at that time of their death to give ⟨image 14⟩some good exhortation, that other may remember the same before their death,1 and be the better thereby: so I beseech God grant me grace, that I may speak some thing at this my departing, whereby God may be glorified, and you edified.
Euery man (good people) desireth at that tyme of their death to geue ⟨image 14⟩some good exhortation, that other may remember the same before their death,1 and be the better thereby: so I beseech God graunt me grace, that I may speake some thyng at this my departyng, whereby God may bee glorified, and you edified.
- 1The last words of exhortation of the Archb. to the people.The last words of exhortatiō of the Archb. to the people.
First, it is an heavy case to see that so many folk be so much doted upon the love of this false world, and so careful for it, that of the love of God, or the world to come, they seem to care very little or nothing. Therefore this shall be my first exhortation,