A19563:1893
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1Yet there is an other place of S. Ambrose, which the Papists think maketh much for their purpose, but after due examination, it shall plainly appear how much they be deceived. They allege these words of S. Ambrose in a book intituled De ijs qui initiantur misterijs, Let us prove that there is not that thing which nature formed: but which benediction did consecrate, and that benediction is of more strength then nature. For by the blessing, nature it self is also changed. 2Moses held a rod, he cast it from him, and it was made a serpent. Again he took the serpent by the tail, and it was turned again into the nature of a rod. Wherefore thou seest, that by the grace of the prophet, the nature of the serpent and rod was twice thaunged.3 The floods of Egypt ran pure water, and suddenly blood began to burst out of the veins of the springs, so that men could not drink of the flood: but at the prayer of the Prophet, the blood of the flood ⟨p. 341⟩went away, and the nature of water came again. The people of the Hebrews were compassed about,4 on the one side with the Egyptians, and on the other side with the sea. Moses lifted up his rod, the water divided it self, and stood up like a wall, and between the waters was left a way for them to pass on foot. And Jordan against nature turned back to the head of his spring. Doth it not appear now, that the nature of the Sea floods, or of the course of fresh water was changed? The people was dry, Moses touched a stone, and water came out of the stone. Did not grace her work above nature, to make the stone to bring forth the water,5 which it had not of nature? Marath was a most bitter flood, so that the people being dry, could not drink thereof. Moses put wood into the water,6 and the nature of the water lost his bitterness, which grace infused, did suddenly moderate. In the time of Heliseus the prophet,