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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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AS for my solution to the second reason it is able to stand against your confutation thereof, and to overthrow it quite. For no more is Christ in the bread and wine, in the Lords supper, then the holy Ghost is in the water of baptism. And therefore if the holy Ghost be not inaquate, no more is Christ impanate. And when the scripture saith, Upon whom §1soever thou shalt see the Ghost coming down: And also when S. John said,1 I saw the holy Ghost come down like a dove: did he see any thing but the dove? And yet that which he saw, the scripture there, as well by the voice of God, as by the words of S. John, calleth the holy Ghost. Wherefore the scripture calleth the dove the holy Ghost. For the speech was as much to say, as this which I see come down, is the holy Ghost. and yet was that the dove, which he saw. And that the dove which he saw was the holy ghost, was as true a speech, as we, looking upon the bread which we see, do say, This is the body of Christ. And yet as that speech meaneth not that the holy Ghost is made a dove, so this speech meaneth not that the body of Christ is impanate, No more then these words of Christ spoken unto his mother Mary,2 and to S. John, lo thy son. And lo thy mother, mean not that John was made Christ, nor that Mary his mother, was made Ihons natural mother.
AS for my solution to the second reasō it is able to stand agaynst your confutation therof, and to ouerthrow it quite. For no more is Christ in the bread and wine, in the Lordes supper, then the holy Ghost is in the water of baptisme. And therfore if the holy Ghost be not inaquate, no more is Christ impanate. And when the scripture sayth, Upon whome