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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 the bread and wine be not so changed into the flesh and blood of Christ, that they be made one nature, but they remain still distinct in nature, so that the bread in it self is not his flesh, & the wine his blood, but unto them that worthily eat and drink the bread and wine, to them the bread and wine be his flesh and blood, that is to say, by things natural and which they be accustomed unto, they be exalted unto things above nature. For y• sacramental bread and wine be not base and naked figures, but so pithy and effectuous, that whosoever worthily eateth them, eateth spiritually Christs flesh and blood, and hath by them everlasting life.
And the bread and wyne bee not so chaunged into the fleshe and bloud of Christ, that they bee made one nature, but they remayne styll distinct in nature, so that the bread in it selfe is not his fleshe, & the wyne his bloud, but vnto them that worthely eate and drinke the bread and wyne, to them the bread and wyne be his flesh and bloud, that is to say, by thynges naturall and whiche they be accustomed vnto, they bee exalted vnto thynges aboue nature. For y• sacramental bread and wyne be not base and naked figures, but so pithy and effectuous, that whosoeuer worthely eateth them, eateth spiritually Christes fleshe and bloud, and hath by them euerlastyng life.
Wherefore, whosoever cometh to the Lords table, must come with all humility, fear, reverence and purity of life, as to receive not only bread and wine, but also our saviour Christ, both ⟨p. 89⟩God and man, with all his benefits, to the relief and sustentation both of their bodies and souls.
Wherfore, whosoeuer cōmeth to the Lordes table, must come with all humilitee, feare, reuerence and puritie of life, as to receiue not onely bread and wyne, but also our sauior Christ, both ⟨p. 89⟩