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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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1And Christ him self often times spake in similitudes, parables, and figures, as when he said:2 The field is the world, the enemy is the devil, the seed is the word of God:† John is Elijah: *I am a vine, and you be the branches. †I am bread of life. *My father is an husband man, and he hath his fan in his hand, and will make clean his flower, and gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will caste into everlasting ⟨p. 72⟩fire. †I have a meat to eat, which you know not. *Work not meat that perisheth, but that endureth unto everlasting life. †I am good shepherd. *The son of man will set the sheep at his right hand, and the goats at his left hand. †I am a door: One of you is the devil. Whosoever doth my fathers will, he is my brother, sister and mother. And when he said to his mother, and to John. This is thy son, this is thy mother.
1And Christ hym selfe often tymes spake in similitudes, parables, and figures, as whan he said:2 The field is the worlde, the enemy is the dyuell, the sede is the worde of God: