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The apology of the Church of England, and an epistle to one Seignior Scipio…
The apology of the Church of England, and an epistle to one Seignior Scipio a Venetian gentleman, concerning the Council of Trent written both in Latin / by ... John Jewel ... ; made English by a person of quality ; to which is added, The life of the said bishop ; collected and written by the same hand.
London: printed by T. H. for Richard Chiswell, 1685
THE APOLOGY OF THE Church of ENGLAND. Written by the very Learned a… › Chapter 2
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11. WE receive also and allow the Sacraments of the Church, that is, the sacred Signs and Ceremonies which Christ commanded us to use, that he might by them, represent to our eyes the Mysteries of our Salvation, and most strongly confirm the Faith we have in his Blood, and seal in our Hearts his Grace; ⟨p. 28⟩and we call them Figures, Signs, Types, Antitypes, Forms, Seals, Prints or Signets, Similitudes, Examples, Images, Remembrances and Memorials; with Tertullian, Origen, St. Ambrose, St. Augustin, St. Jerome, St. Chrysostom, St. Basil and Dionysius, and many other Catholic Fathers. Nor do we doubt with them, to call them a kind of visible Words; the Signets of Righteousness, and the Symbols of Grace; and clearly affirm, that in the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, the Body and Blood of our Lord, is truly exhibited to Believers; that is, the enlivening Flesh of the Son of God; the Bread that comes from above, the Nourishment of Immortality, the Grace, the Truth, and the Life; and that it is the Communion of the Body and Blood of Christ, by the Participation of which we are quickened, strengthened, and fed to immortality, and by which we are conjoined, united and incorporated with Christ, that we may remain in him, and he in us.
11. WE receive also and allow the Sacraments of the Church, that is, the sacred Signs and Ceremonies which Christ commanded us to use, that he might by them, represent to our eyes the Mysteries of our Salvation, and most strongly confirm the Faith we have in his Blood, and seal in our Hearts his Grace; ⟨p. 28⟩and we call them Figures, Signs, Types, Antitypes, Forms, Seals, Prints or Signets, Similitudes, Examples, Images, Remembrances and Memorials; with Tertullian, Origen, St. Ambrose, St. Augustin, St. Jerom, St. Chrysostom, St. Basil and Dionysius, and many other Catholick Fathers. Nor do we doubt with them, to call them a kind of visible Words; the Signets of Righteousness, and the Symbols of Grace; and clearly affirm, that in the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, the Body and Blood of our Lord, is truly exhibited to Believers; that is, the enlivening Flesh of the Son of God; the Bread that comes from above, the Nourishment of Immortality, the Grace, the Truth, and the Life; and that it is the Communion of the Body and Blood of Christ, by the Participation of which we are quickned, strengthened, and fed to immortality, and by which we are conjoyned, united and incorporated with Christ, that we may remain in him, and he in us.