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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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This bladder is so puffed up with wind, that it is marvel it bursteth not. But be patient a while good reader, and suffer until the blast of wind be past, and thou shalt see a great calm, the bladder broken, and nothing in it but all vanity.
THis blader is so puffed vp with wind, that it is maruayll it brasteth not. Bnt be patient a while good reader, and suffer vntill the blast of wind be past, and thou shalt see a great calme, the bladder broken, and nothing in it but all vanitie.
There is no difference between your translation and mine, saving that mine is more plain, and giveth less occasion of error: and yours (as all your doings be) is dark and obscure, and containeth in it no little provocation to Idolatry. For the words of Theodoret after your interpretation contain both a plain untruth, and also manifest idolatry: for the signs and tokens which he speaketh of, be the very forms and substances of bread and wine. For the nominative case to the verb of adoring in Theodoret, is not the body and blood of Christ, but the mystical tokens by your own translation: which mystical tokens if you will have to be §1the very body and blood of Christ, what can be spoken more untrue or more foolish. And if you will have them to be worshipped with godly worship, what can be greater Idolatry? Wherefore I (to eschew such occasions of error) have translated the words of Theodoretus faithfully and truly as his mind was, and yet have avoided all occasions of evil: for tanquam or [Greek or Hebrew] signifieth not the truth (as you say) but is an §2adverb of similitude, as it is likewise in this place of S. Paul. Vocat ea quae non sunt, tanquam sint. For S. Paul saith, as though they were. Which indeed were not, as he said the next word before (non sunt) they be not. And nevertheless unto God all things be present: and those things which in their nature be not yet present, unto God were ever present, in whom be not these successions of time, before and after: for Christ the Lamb in his present was slain before the world began: and a thousand year to his eyes, be but as it were yesterday: