A19563:1965
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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But because you bear me in hand, that I bear the papists wrong in hand, that they affirm worms to be engendered of accidents, I shall §2rehearse their own words, that the readers may know your ignorance herein, or else how loud a lye you make willingly. Ex speciebus sacramentalibus (say they) generantur vermes, siputre fiant. Of the sacramental forms, if they be rotten, be gendered worms. But it is no point of true meaning men, now to deny that ever they said any such things, as they have taught in their schools these four or five hundred years, as their own books do plainly testify. And be these Papists to be credited, which have taught untruly so many years, and now when they be pressed with all, go clean from it, and say they never said so, but he wrong borne in hand.
But bicause you beare me in hand, that I beare the papistes wrong in hand, that they affirme wormes to be ingendred of accidents, I shall §2reherse their owne wordes, that the readers may know your ignorance herein, or els how loud a lye you make willingly. Ex speciebus sacramentalibus (say they) generantur vermes, siputre fiant. Of the sacramentall formes, if they be rotten, be gendred wormes. But it is no poynt of true meaning men, now to deny that euer they sayd any such things, as they haue taught in their scholes these foure or fiue hundred yeares, as their owne books do playnly testefy. And be these Papistes to be credited, which haue taught vntruely so many yeares, and now when they be pressed with all, goe cleane from it, and say they neuer sayd so, but he wrong borne in hand.
And because Smith denieth here the same that you do, that worms be engendered of the accidents in the sacrament, let him help you to answer this matter. And for as much as he saith that when the host reserved beginneth to mole and to putrefy,1 and should engender worms, then an other substance succeedeth it, of which such things are made, let him tell what substance that is which succeedeth, and whereof that substance is made.