An oversight, and deliberation upon the holy prophet JonahAn ouersight, and deliberacion vpon the holy prophete Ionas

¶The sixth Sermon upon Jonah, made by John Hopper.

¶The sixte Sermon vpon Ionas, made by Iohn Hoper.

They object against the truth as concerning the absence of christs body in the sacrament, the words of Christ: This is my body. Unto the which we answer briefly. The words should be understanded according to the matter & purpose they be spoken for: But every man knoweth, the matter and purpose that Christ entreateth of, is to make, and institute a sacrament: therefore ought every word to be taken sacramentally: which is to attribute unto the sacrament, the name of the thing signified & represented ⟨p. cxxxiiii⟩by the sacrament.

THey obiecte against the truth as cōcernīg the absence of christes body in the sacramēt, the words of Christ: Thys is my bodye. Unto the whyche we aunswere briefely. The wordes should be vnderstanded accordyng to the matter & purpose they be spoken for: But euery man knoweth, ye matter and purpose yt Christ entreateth of, is to make, and institute a sacrament: therfore ought euery word to be taken sacramentallye: which is to attribute vnto the sacramente, ye name of ye thing signified & represented ⟨p. cxxxiiii⟩by the sacramente.

Therefore they should not force nor constrain y• sound of the words used in the sacrament to make of y sacrament on idol by false interpretation, where as the true sense of the word maketh but a necessary ceremony, and help to our infirm faith. In the Canon law, Decretalib .li. de verbor. significat. Tit. xl. cap. vi. Non sermom res, sed reiest sermo subiectus, that is to say: the matter should not be constrained to y word, but the word to serve the matter. Et cap. viii. dumb proprietas verborū attenditur, sensus veritatis amittitur, that is to say: when the nature of y word is forced, the meaning of the verity is lost. Farther what should move them to deny us one trope in these