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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 if the Sacrament were a man, and the body of Christ the soul of §13it, (as you dream in your trance) then were the Sacrament not in a trance, but dead for the time, whilst it were here, and the soul in heaven. And like scoffing you might make of the Sacrament of Baptism, as you do in the Sacrament of Christs body, that it lieth here in a trance, when Christ being the life thereof is in heaven.
And if the Sacrament were a man, and the body of Christ the soule of §13it, (as you dreame in your traunse) then were the Sacrament not in a traunse, but dead for the tyme, whilest it were here, and the soule in heauen. And like scoffing you might make of the Sacrament of Baptisme, as you doe in the Sacrament of Christes body, that it lyeth here in a traunse, when Christ being the life therof is in heauen.
And where you think that my second book against Transubstantiation §14was a collection of me, when I minded to maintain Luther's opinion against Transubstantiation only, you have no probation of your thought, but still you remain in your dreams, trances and vain phantasies, which you have used throughout your book, so that what so ever is in the bread and wine, there is in you no Transubstantiation, nor alteration in this thing at all.
And where you thinke that my second booke agaynst Transubstantiation §14was a collection of me, when I minded to mayntayne Luthers opinion agaynst Trāsubstantiation onely, you haue no probatiō of your thought, but still you remayne in your dreames, traunses and vayne phantasies, which you haue vsed throughout your booke, so that what so euer is in the bread and wine, there is in you no Transubstantiation, nor alteration in this thing at all.