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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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But let it be that he spake of the giving of his body to death, and said of the bread, This is my body, which shall be given to death for you, by what reason can you gather hereof, that the bread was crucified for us?
But let it be that he spake of the geuing of his body to death, and said of the bread, This is my body, which shal be geuen to death for you, by what reason can you gather hereof, that the bread was crucified for vs?
If I look upon the image of king David, and say: This is he that killed Goliath, doth this speech mean, that the image of King David killed Goliath? Or if I hold in my hand my book of S. Johns gospel, and say: This is the gospel that S. John wrote at Patmos (which fashion of speech is commonly used) doth it follow hereof that my book was written at Patmos? Or that S. John wrote my book which was but newly printed at Paris by Robert Stephanus? Or if I say of my book of S. Pauls epistles. This is Paul that was the great persecutor of Christ: Doth this manner of speech signify, that my book doth persecute Christ? Or if I show a book of the new testament, saying: This is the new testament, which brought life unto the world, by what form of argument can you induce hereof, that my book that I bought but yesterday, brought life unto the world? No man that useth thus to speak doth mean of the books, but of the very things themselves, that in the books be taught and contained. And after the same wise, if Christ called bread his body, saying: This is my body, which shall be given to death for you, yet he meant not, that the bread should be given to death for us, but his body which by the bread was signified.
If I looke vpon the image of kinge Dauid, and say: This is he that killed Goliath, doth this speach mean, that the image of King Dauid killed Goliath? Or if I hold in my hand my booke of S. Iohns gospell, and say: This is the gospell that S. Iohn wrote at Pathmos (which fashion of speach is commonly vsed) doth it folow hereof that my booke was written at Pathmos? Or that S. Iohn wrote my booke which was but newly printed at Paris by Robert Stephanus? Or if I say of my booke of S. Paules epistles. This is Paule that was the great persecuter of Christ: Doth this manner of speach signify, that my booke doth persecute Christ? Or if I shew a booke of the new testament, saying: This is the new testament, which brought life vnto the world, by what forme of argument can you induce hereof, that my booke yt I bought but yesterday, brought life vnto the world? No man that vseth thus to speake doth meane of the bookes, but of the very thinges themselues, that in the bookes be taught and contayned. And after the same wise, if Christ called bread his body, saying: This is my body, which shall be giuen to death for you, yet he ment not, that the bread should be giuen to death for vs, but his body which by the bread was signified.