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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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First, in the sixth of John, when Christ had taught of the eating of him, being the bread §6descended from heaven, and declaring that eating to signify believing, whereat was no §7murmuring, that then he should enter to speak of giving of his flesh to be eaten, and his blood to be drunken, and to say that he would give a bread, that is, his flesh which he would give for the life of the world. In which words Christ maketh mention of two gifts. and therefore as he is truth, must needs intend to fulfil them both. And therefore as we believe the gift of his flesh to the Jews to be crucified: so we must believe the gift of his flesh to be eaten, and of that gift, livery, and seisin (as we say) to be made of him, that is in his promises faithful (as Christ is) to be made in both. And therefore when he said in §8his Supper: Take, eat, this is my body, he must needs intend plainly as his words of promise required: And these words in his Supper purport to give as really then his body to be eaten of us, as he gave his body in deed to be crucified for us, aptly nevertheless, and conveniently for each effect, and therefore in manner of giving diversly, but in the substance of the same given, to be as his words bear witness, the same, and therefore said: this is my body that shall be betrayed for you, expressing also the use, when he said: take, eat, which words, in delivering of material bread, had been superfluous: for what should men do with bread when they take it, but eat it, specially when it is broken.
First, in the sixt of Iohn, when Christ had taught of the eating of him, being the bread §6descended from heauen, and declaring that eating to signifie beleeuing, whereat was no §7murmuring, that then he should enter to speak of geuing of his flesh to be eaten, and his bloud to be dronken, and to say yt he would geue a bread, that is, his flesh which he would geue for the life of the world. In which wordes Christ maketh mention of two giftes. and therfore as he is truth, must needes intend to fulfill them both. And therefore as we beleeue the gift of his flesh to the Iewes to be crucified: so we must beléeue the gift of his flesh to be eaten, and of that gifte, liuery, and seisme (as we say) to be made of him, that is in his promises faithfull (as Christ is) to be made in both. And therefore when he sayd in