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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 as the father spake from heaven, when he said: This is my beloved son,1 in whom I am pleased, and also S. Stephen saw Christ sitting in heaven at his fathers right hand: even so meant S. Augustin, that S. Paul and all other that have seen and heard Christ speak since his Ascension,2 have seen and heard him from heaven.
And as the father spake from heauen, whan he sayd: This is my beloued sonne,1 in whom I am pleased, and also S. Stephen saw Christ sittyng in heauen at his fathers right hand: euen so ment S. Augustin, that S. Paule and all other that haue sene and heard Christ speake since his Ascention,2 haue sene and heard him from heauen.
1Now when this Papist going forward with his works, seeth his building so feeble & weak, that it is not able to stand, he returneth to his chief foundation, the Church and Councils general, willing all men to stay thereupon, & to leave disputing & reasoning. And chiefly he shoreth up his house with the Council Lateranence, whereat (saith he) were xiij. hundred Fathers & xv. But he telleth not that viij. hundred of them were ⟨p. 405⟩