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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
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.
And therefore in the same place he useth so many times these words, Think, and think not. willing us by those words, that we should not fix our thoughts & minds upon the bread, wine, priest, nor Christs body: but to lift up our hearts higher unto his spirit and divinity, without the which his body availeth nothing, as he saith him self: 1It is the spirit that giveth life, the flesh availeth nothing.
And therfore in the same place he vseth so many tymes these words, Thinke, and thinke not. willyng vs by those wordes, that we shulde not fixe our thoughtes & myndes vpon the bread, wine, priest, nor Christes body: but to lyft vp our hartes higher vnto his spirite and diuinite, without the whiche his body auaileth nothynge, as he saith hym selfe: 1It is the spirite that gyueth lyfe, the fleshe auayleth nothyng.
- 1Iho. 6.
And as the same Chrysostom in many places moveth us, not to consider the water in baptism, but rather to have respect to the holy ghost, received in baptism, and represented by the water: even so doth he in this homily of the holy communion, move us to lift up our minds from all visible & corporal things, to things invisible & spiritual.
And as the same Chrysostom in many places moueth vs, not to cōsider the water in baptisme, but rather to haue respect to the holy ghost, receued in baptisme, and represented by the water: euen so doth he in this homily of the holy cōmuniō, moue vs to lift vp our mynds frō al visible & corporal things, to thīgs inuisible & spiritual.