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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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Smith saith thus, I say that the consecrated wine turneth not into vinegar, nor the consecrated bread moleth nor engendereth worms, nor is burned, nor receiveth into it any poison, as long as Christs body & blood are under the forms of them, which do abide there, so long as the natural qualities & properties of bread & wine tarry there in their natural disposition and condition (that the bread and wine might be naturally there, if they had not been changed into Christs body and blood) and also as long as the host and consecrated wine are apt to be received of man, and no longer, but go and depart thence by Gods power, as it pleaseth him. And then a new substance is made of God, which turneth into vinegar, engendereth worms, moleth, is burned, feedeth men and mice, receiveth poison, &c. fol. 64. &. 105.
Smith sayth thus, I say that the consecrated wine turneth not into vineger, nor the consecrated bread mouleth nor engendreth wormes, nor is burned, nor receiueth into it any poyson, as long as Christes body & bloud are vnder the formes of them, which do abide there, so long as the naturall qualities & properties of bread & wine tary there in their naturall disposition and condition (that the bread and wine might be naturally there, if they had not bene chaunged into Christes body and bloud) and also as long as the hoste and consecrated wine are apt to be receiued of man, and no longer, but goe and depart thence by Gods power, as it pleaseth hym. And then a new substaunce is made of God, which turneth into vineger, engendreth wormes, mouleth, is burned, feedeth men and myse, receiueth poyson, &c. fol. 64. &. 105.
He saith, every yea, containeth a nay in it naturally, so as who soever saith, This is bread, saith it is no wine. For in the rule of common reason the grant of one substance is the denial of an other: And therefore reason hath these conclusions throughly, what soever is bread, is no wine, what soever is wine, is no milk. &c. So Christ saying, This is my body, saith it no bread, pag. 256. lin. 38. & pag. 265. lin. 5.
He sayth, euery yea, conteineth a nay in it naturally, so as who soeuer sayth, This is bread, sayth it is no wine. For in the rule of common reason the graunt of one substaunce is the deniall of an other: And therfore reason hath these conclusions throughly, what soeuer is bread, is no wyne, what soeuer is wine, is no milke. &c. So Christ saying, This is my body, sayth it no bread, pag. 256. lin. 38. & pag. 265. lin. 5.