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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
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1Another authority they have of saint John Chrysostom, which they boast also to be invincible. Chrysostom (say they) writeth thus in a certaine homely De Eucharistia. Doest thou see bread? Doest thou see wine? Do they avoid beneath, as other meats do? God forbid, think not so. For as wax (if it be put into the fire) it is made like the fire, no substance remaineth, nothing is left: so here also think thou, that the mysteries be consumed by the substance of the body.
1Another authoritee they haue of sainct Ihon Chrysostome, whiche thei boast also to be inuincible. Chrysostome (say they) writeth thus in a certaine homely De Eucharistia. Doest thou see bread? Doest thou see wyne? Do they auoyde beneth, as other meates do? God forbyd, thynke not so. For as waxe (if it be put into the fyre) it is made lyke the fyer, no substance remayneth, nothyng is lefte: so here also thynke thou, that the mysteries be consumed by the substance of the body.
- 1Chap. 12 Chrysostomus.
At these words of Chrysostom the Papists do triumph, as though they had won the field. Lo (say they) doeth not Chrysostomus the great clerk say most plainly, that we see neither bread nor wine? but that (as wax in the fire) they be consumed to nothing, so that no substance remaineth? But if they had rehearsed no more,1 but the very next sentence that followeth in Chrysostom (which craftily and maliciously they leave out) the meaning of saint John Chrysostom would easily have appeared, and yet will make them blush, if they be not utterly past shame. For after the foresaid words of Chrysostom, immediately follow these words.
At these wordes of Chrysostome the Papistes do triumph, as though they had won the fielde. Lo (say they) doeth not Chrysostomus the great clarke say most plainly, that we se neither bread nor wyne? but that (as waxe in the fyer) they be consumed to nothyng, so that no substance remayneth? But if they had rehersed no more,