A19571:135
A Defence of the True and Catholic Doctrine of the Sacrament
A defence of the true and catholic doctrine of the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Christ with a confutation of sundry errors concerning the same, grounded and stablished upon God's holy word, [and] approved by the consent of the most ancient doctors of the Church. Made by the most reverend father in God Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and Metropolitan.A defence of the true and catholike doctrine of the sacrament of the body and bloud of our sauiour Christ with a confutacion of sundry errors concernyng the same, grounded and stablished vpon Goddes holy woorde, [and] approued by ye consent of the moste auncient doctors of the Churche. Made by the moste reuerende father in God Thomas Archebyshop of Canterbury, primate of all Englande and Metropolitane.
Imprinted at London : In Poules churcheyarde, at the sign of the Brazen serpent, by Reginald Wolfe. Cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum, Anno Domini. M.D.L. 1550Imprinted at London : In Poules churcheyarde, at the signe of the Brasen serpent, by Reginald Wolfe. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum, Anno Domini. M.D.L. 1550
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
For (sayeth saint Ambrose,1 speaking of this change of bread into the body of Christ) if the word of God be of that force that it can make things of nought, and those things to be▪ which never were before, much more it can make things that were before, still to be, and also to be changed into other things.
For (sayeth saynte Ambrose,1 speakynge of this chaunge of bread into the body of Christ) if the woorde of God bee of that force that it can make thynges of noughte, and those thynges to be▪ whiche neuer were before, much more it can make thynges that were before, still to be, and also to be chaunged into other thynges.
- 1De ijs qui mysterijs iniciantur Ca. •lti. & De sacramentis li. 4. cap. 4.
And he bringeth for example here of the change of us in baptism, wherein a man is so changed ⟨image 31⟩[…] ⟨p. 26⟩[…] ⟨image 32⟩(as is before declared in the words of Eusebius) that he is made a new creature, and yet his substance remaineth the same that was before.
And he bryngeth for example here of the chāge of vs in baptisme, wherin a man is so changed ⟨image 31⟩