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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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The Papists say, that evil and ungodly men, receive in this Sacrament, t•• very body and blood of Christ, and eat and drink the self same thing, that the good and godly men do.1 But the truth of Gods word is contrary, that all those that be godly members of Christ, as they corporally eat the bread, and drink the wine, so spiritually they eat and drink Christs very flesh and blood. And as for the wicked members of the Devil, they eat the Sacramental bread, and drink the Sacramental wine, but they do not spiritually eat Christs flesh, nor drink his blood, but they eat and drink their own damnation.
The Papistes say, that euill and vngodly men, receaue in this Sacrament, t•• very body and bloud of Christ, and eate and drinke the self same thing, that the good and godly men doe.1 But the truth of Gods word is contrary, that all those that be godly members of Christ, as they corporally eate the bread, and drinke the wine, so spiritually they eate and drinke Christes very flesh and bloud. And as for the wicked members of the Deuill, they eate the Sacramental bread, and drinke the Sacramētall wine, but they doe not spiritually eate Christs flesh, nor drinke his bloud, but they eate and drinke their own damnation.
- 1The third is, that evil men eat and drink the very body and blood of Christ.The third is, that euill men eate and drinke the very body and bloud of Christ.
The fourth thing,1 wherein the Popish priests dissent from the manifest word of God, is this. They say that they offer Christ every day for remission of sin, and distribute by their Masses, the merits of Christs passion. But the Prophets, Apostles, and Evangelists, do say that Christ himself in his own person made a sacrifice for our sins upon the Cross, by whose wounds all our diseases were healed, and our sins pardoned, and so did never no priest, man nor creature, but he, nor he did the same never more then once. And the benefit hereof is in no mans power to give unto any other, but every man must receive it at Christs hands himself,