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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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And when the prophet David said in the person "of Christ,1 I am a worm, and not a man. by this negative, he denied not utterly, that Christ was a man, but (the more vehemently to express the great humiliation of Christ) he said, that he was not abased only to the nature of man, but was brought so low, that he might rather be called a worm, than a man.
And whan the prophet Dauid said in the person "of Christe,1 I am a worme, and not a man. by this negatiue, he denyed not vtterlye, that Christe was a man, but (the more vehementlye to expresse the great humyliation of Christe) he said, that he was not abased onely to the nature of man, but was broughte so lowe, that he might rather be called a worme, than a man.
- 1Psal. 21.
This manner of speech was familiar and usual to S. Paul,1 as when he said: It is not I that do it, but it is the sin that dwelleth in me.2 And in an other place he saith: Christ sent me not to baptise, but to preach the gospel. And again he saith:3 My speech and preaching, was not in words of mans persuasion, but in manifest declaration of the spirit and power. And he saith also:4 Neither he that grafteth, nor he that watereth, is any thing, but God that giveth the increase. And he sayeth moreover: It is not I that live,