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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 yet you say, the church saith not so which I affirm also and then it must needs follow, that the doctrine of the Papists, is not the doctrine of the church. Which Papists not by reason with out faith, but against aswell reason as faith, would direct our minds to seek in every little crumb of bread, whole Christ, and to find him in so many places there, as be small crumbs in the bread.
And yet you say, the church sayth not so which I affirme also and then it must needs follow, that the doctrine of the Papistes, is not the doctrine of the church. Which Papists not by reason with out faith, but agaynst aswell reason as fayth, would direct our mindes to seeke in euery little crum of bread, whole Christ, and to find him in so many places there, as be small crums in the bread.
And where you traverse the matter of the judgement of our senses herein, it is quite and clean from the matter, and but a crafty shift, to convey the matter to an other thing that is not in question, like unto crafty male-factors, which perceiving them selves to be sore pursued with a hound, make a new train to draw the hound to an other fresh suit. For I speak not of the judgement of our senses in this matter, whether they perceive any distinction of parts and members or no, but whether in deed there be any such distinction in the Sacrament or no, which the Papists do deny. And therefore I say not untruly of them, that in the sacrament they say: There is no distance of parts one from another.
And where you trauesse the matter of the iudgement of our senses herein, it is quite and cleane from the matter, and but a crafty shift, to conuey the matter to an other thing that is not in question, lyke vnto crafty male-factours, whych perceauing them selues to be sore pursued with a hound, make a new trayn to draw the hound to an other fresh suit. For I speake not of the iudgement of our senses in this matter, whether they perceaue any distinction of partes and members or no, but whether in deed there be any such distinction in the Sacrament or no, which the Papistes do deny. And therefore I say not vntruely of them, that in the sacrament they say: There is no distance of partes one from another.