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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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But was there ever any man so overseen (say you) as this author is? Who seeth not S. Ambrose in these three latter speeches to speak as plainly as in the first? Was there ever any man so destitute of reason (say I) but that he understandeth this, that when bread is balled bread, it is called by the proper name as it is in deed:1 and when bread is called the body of Christ, it taketh the name of a thing, which it is not in deed, but is so called by a figurative speech.2 And calling, say you, in the words of Christ, signifieth making, which if it signifieth when bread is called bread, then were calling of bread, a making of bread. And thus is answered your demand, why this word (call) in the one signifieth the trueth, and in the other not, because that the one is a plain speech and the other a figurative. For else by our reasoning out of reason, when the cup which Christ used in his last supper, was called a cup, and when ⟨p. 189⟩it was called Christs blood, all was one calling, and was of like trueth without figure: so that the cup was Christs blood in deed.
But was there euer any man so ouersene (say you) as this author is? Who seeth not S. Ambrose in these three latter speeches to speak as plainly as in the first? Was there euer any man so destitute of reason (say I) but that he vnderstandeth this, that when bread is balled bread, it is called by the proper name as it is in deed:1 and when bread is called the body of Christ, it taketh the name of a thing, which it is not in deed, but is so called by a figuratiue spech.2 And calling, say you, in the words of Christ, signifieth making, which if it signifieth when bread is called bread, then were calling of bread, a making of bread. And thus is aunswered your demaund, why this word (call) in the one signifieth the trueth, and in the other not, because that the one is a playne speche and the other a figuratiue. For els by our reasoning out of reason, when the cup which Christ vsed in his last supper, was called a cup, and when