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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 Origen upon Matthew reasoneth this matter,1 how Christ may be called ⟨p. 96⟩a stranger that is departed into another country, seeing that he is with us alway unto the worlds end,2 and is among all them that be gathered together in his name, and also in the middest of them that know him not, and thus he reasoneth. If he be here among us still, how can he be gone hence as a stranger departed into another country? whereunto he answereth,3 that Christ is both God and man, having in him two natures. And as a man he is not with us unto the worlds end, nor is present with all his faithful that be gathered together in his name. But his divine power and spirit is ever with us. Paul (saith he) was absent from the Corinthians in his body, when he was present with them in his spirit: So is Christ (saith he) gone hence, and absent in his humanity, which in his divine nature is every where. And in this saying (saith Origen) we divide not his humanity `(for S. John writeth, that no spirit that divideth Jesus can be of God) but we reserve to both his natures, their own properties.
First Origen vpon Mathew reasoneth this matter,1 how Christ may be called ⟨p. 96⟩a stranger that is departed into another countrey, seeing that he is with vs alway vnto the worldes end,2 aud is among all them that be gathered together in his name, and also in the middest of them that know him not, and thus he reasoneth. If he be here among vs still, how can he be gone hence as a straunger departed into another countrey? wherunto he answereth,3 that Christ is both God and man, hauing in him two natures. And as a man he is not with vs vnto the worldes end, nor is present with all his faihtfull that be gathered together in his name. But his diuine power and spirite is euer with vs. Paule (saith he) was absent from the Corinthes in his body, when he was present with thē in his spirite: So is Christ (sayth he) gone hence, and absent in his humanitie, which in his diuine nature is euery where. And in this saying (sayth Origen) we diuide not his humanitie `(for S. Iohn writeth, that no spirite that deuideth Iesus can be of God) but we reserue to both his natures, their own properties.