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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.
For as meat and drink do comfort the hungry body, so doth the death of Christs body, & the shedding of his blood comfort the soul, when she is after her sort hungry. What thing is it that comforteth & nourisheth the body? Forsooth meat and drink. By what means than shall we call the body and blood of our saviour Christ (which do comfort and nourish the hungry soul) but by the names of meat and drink? And this similitude caused our saviour to say: 1My flesh is very meat, and my blood is very drink. For there is no kind of meat that is comfortable to the soul, but only the death of Christs blessed body: nor no kind of drink, that can quench her thirst, but only the bloudsheddyng of our saviour Christ, which was shed for her offences.
For as meate and drynke do comfort the hungry body, so doth the death of Christes body, & the sheddyng of his bloud comforte the soule, when she is after her sort hungry. What thyng is it that comforteth & norisheth the body? Forsooth meate and drynke. By what meanes than shall we call the body and bloud of our sauiour Christe (whiche doo comforte and nouryshe the hungrye soule) but by the names of meate and drynke? And this similitude caused our sauiour to say: 1My fleshe is very meate, and my bloud is very drynke. For there is no kynde of meate that is comfortable to the soule, but onely the death of Christes blessed body: nor no kynde of drynke, that can quenche her thyrst, but only the bloudsheddyng of our sauiour Christe, whiche was shed for her offences.
- 1Iho. 6.
For as there is a carnal generation, and a carnal feeding & nourishment, so is there also a spiritual generation, and a spiritual feeding.
For as there is a carnall generation, and a carnal feedyng & nourishement, so is there also a spiritual generation, and a spiritual feadyng.