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Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church. [vol.…Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol.…
Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church. [vol. 2, part 1] with an universal history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitive age to these latter times of ours, with the bloody times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions against the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperors, as now lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realm of England and Scotland. Newly revised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time again published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the help of Christ our Lord) John Fox, which desireth thee good reader to help him with thy prayer.Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol. 2, part 1] with an vniuersall history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitiue age to these latter tymes of ours, with the bloudy times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions agaynst the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperours, as nowe lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realme of England and Scotland. Newly reuised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time agayne published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the helpe of Christ our Lord) Iohn Foxe, which desireth thee good reader to helpe him with thy prayer.
London: printed by John Daye, 1583London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1583
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Book 8 › Scriptural evidences 2: The second part of this matter.
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And Christ being offered up once for all in his own proper person, is yet said to be offered up, not only every year at Easter, but also every day in the celebration of the Sacrament, because his oblation once for ever made, is thereby represented. Even so (saith Augustine) is the Sacrament of Christs body, the body of Christ, and the sacrament of Christs blood, the blood of Christ, in a certain wise or fashion.1 Not that the Sacrament is his natural body or blood in deed, but that it is a memorial or representation thereof, as the days before showed, be of his very and natural body crucified for us, and of his precious blood shed for the remission of our sins. And thus be the holy signs or Sacraments truly called by the names of the very things in them signified. But why so? For they (saith Augustine) have a certain similitude of those things whereof they be signs or Sacraments, for else they should be no Sacraments at all: And therefore do they commonly, and for the most part receive the denomination of the things whereof they be Sacraments.
And Christ beeing offered vp once for all in his owne proper person, is yet sayde to be offered vp, not only euery yeare at Easter, but also euery day in the celebration of the Sacrament, because his oblation once for euer made, is thereby represented. Euen so (saith Augustine) is the Sacramēt of Christes body, the body of Christ, and the sacrament of Christes bloud, the bloud of Christ, in a certayne wise or fashion.1 Not that the Sacrament is his naturall body or bloud in deede, but that it is a memoriall or representation thereof, as the dayes before shewed, be of his verye and naturall body crucified for vs, and of his precious bloud shed for the remission of our sinnes. And thus be the holy signes or Sacramentes truely called by the names of the very thinges in them signified. But why so? For they (saith Augustine) haue a certaine similitude of those things wherof they be signes or Sacraments, for else they should be no Sacraments at all: And therefore do they commonly, and for the most part receiue the denomination of the things whereof they be Sacraments.
- 1The celebration of the sacrament representeth the oblation of Christs body. The sacrament of Christs body is not his body in deed, but in memorial or representation.