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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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Although my chief study be to speak so plainly that all men may understand every thing what I say, yet nothing is plain to him that will §1find knots in a rush. For when I say, that all sentences which declare Christ to be here in earth, and to be eaten and drunken of christian people are to be understanded either of his divine nature (whereby he is every where) or else they must be understand figuratively or spiritually: for figuratively he is in the bread and wine, and spiritually he is in them that worthily eat and drink the bread and wine, but really, carnally and corporally he is only in heaven. You have termed these my words as it liketh you, but far otherwise then I either wrote or meant, or then any indifferent reader would have imagined.
ALthough my chief study be to speak so playnly that all men may vnderstand euery thing what I say, yet nothing is plaine to him yt wil §1finde knots in a rish. For when I say, that all sentences which declare Christ to be here in earth, and to be eaten and drunken of christian people are to be vnderstanded either of his diuine nature (wherby he is euerye where) or els they must be vnderstand figuratiuely or spiritually: for figuratiuely he is in the bread and wine, and spiritually he is in them that worthely eat and drinke the bread and wine, but really, carnally and corporally he is onely in heauen. You haue termed these my wordes as it liketh you, but farre otherwise then I eyther wrote or ment, or then any indifferent reader would haue imagined.
For what indifferent reader would have gathered of my words, that Christ in his divine nature is not really in heaven? For I make a disjunctive, wherein I declare a plain distinction between his divine nature and his human nature. And of his divine nature I say in the first member of my division, which is in the beginning of my aforesaid words, that by that nature he is every where. And all the rest that followeth is spoken of his humane nature whereby he is carnally and corporally only in heaven.