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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 where you say, that although the substance of bread and wine be §4gone, yet the senses have their proper object still remaining (as they had before) that is to say, the colours, greatness, thickness, weight, savour, and taste, express them I pray you plainly what thing it is that is coloured, great, thin or thick, heavy or light, savoury or tasted? For seeing you confess that these do remain, you must confess also, that there remaineth bread. For that greatness, thickness, thinness, colours, and weight be not in the body of Christ, nor in the air (which can not be weighed) and in some thing they must needs be (for by your own saying, every thing hath a substance to stay it) therefore they must needs be in the substance of bread and wine. And to say that the accidents of bread, be the natures, matters, and substances thereof, is nothing else, but to declare to the world, that you make words to signify at your pleasure.
And where you say, that although the substance of bread and wine be §4gone, yet the sences haue their proper obiect still remayning (as they had before) that is to say, the colours, greatnes, thicknes, weight, sauour, and tast, expresse thē I pray you playnly what thing it is that is coloured, great, thinne or thicke, heauy or light, sauoury or tasted? For seing you confesse that these do remayn, you must confesse also, yt there remayneth bread. For that greatnes, thicknes, thinnes, colours, and weight be not in ye body of Christ, nor in the ayre (which can not be wayed) and in some thing they must nedes be (for by your owne saying, euery thing hath a substance to stay it) therfore they must nedes be in the substance of bread and wine. And to say that the accidents of bread, be the natures, matters, and substances therof, is nothing els, but to declare to the world, that you make wordes to signify at your pleasure.
But other shift have you none to defend your Transubstantiation, but to devise such monstrous kinds of speeches, as never was heard of before. ⟨p. 277⟩