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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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You say that Justine hath not this speech (the bread, water and wine in this Sacrament, are meats ordained purposely to give thanks to God) and yet by your own translation he hath the same thing in effect, and yet in deed the words be neither as you nor as I say, and as they be in greek, they cannot be expressed in English but by a paraphrasis: The words be these in greek, [Greek or Hebrew], and in our tongue as near as may be englished, signify thus, The bread and wine and water of thanks giving, or (as Ireneus saith, In which thanks be given). And neither hath Justine this word Sacrament (as I say) ⟨p. 281⟩nor this word Consecrated, as you say. May not all men therefore evidently see, that your chief study is to make cavillations & dallying in wordest And all the rest of my sayings, which you deny to be in Justine, be there very plainly in sense, as I will be judged by the indifferent reader.
You say that Iustine hath not this speach (the bread, water and wine in this Sacrameut, are meates ordeined purposely to giue thankes to God) and yet by your owne translation he hath the same thing in effect, and yet in deede the wordes be neither as you nor as I say, and as they be in greeke, they cannot be expressed in English but by a paraphrasis: The wordes be these in greke, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, and in our tongue as nere as may be englished, signify thus, The bread and wine and water of thankes giuing, or (as Ireneus sayth, In which thankes be giuen). And neither hath Iustine this word Sacrameut (as I say) ⟨p. 281⟩nor this word Consecrated, as you say. May not all men therfore euidently see, that your chief study is to make cauilations & daylying in wordes• And all the rest of my sayinges, which you deny to be in Iustine, be there very playnly in sense, as I will be iudged by the indifferent reader.