M. Harding. The .12. Division.M. Hardinge. The .12. Diuision.

M. Harding. The .12. Division.

M. Hardinge. The .12. Diuision.

And because M. Ivel beareth the world in hand, nothing can be brought for it of our side: some places I well allege here, that seem to me very evidently to prove, that the use of both kinds hath no• always been thought necessary to all persons, and that the Communion under one kind, hath been practised and holden for good within the six hundred years after Christ, that he would so fain •inde us unto.

And bicause M. Iuel beareth the worlde in hande, nothinge can be brought for it of our side: some places I wel •llege here, that seeme to me very euidently to proue, that the vse of bothe kindes hath no• alwaies beene thought necessarie to al persons, and that the Communion vnder one kinde, hath beene practised and holden for good within the sixe hundred yeeres after Christe, that he woulde so faine •inde vs vnto.

Here may be alleged first th•example of our Lord him self out of the .xxiiij. Chapter of S. Luke which is spoken of before: where it is declared that he gave the Sacrament unto the two Disciples at Emmaus under^* the form of Bread only: which place ought to have the more weight of authority in a Catholic mans judgement, because it is brought by the Council of^¶ Constance, and also by the Council of Basil, for proof of the Communion under one kind. That it was the Sacrament, the ancient Doctors do affirm it plainly, and the words conferred with the words of our Lords Supper, do agree: and that it is not needful of our own head to add thereto thministra tion of the Cup, as our adversaries do by their figure Synecdoche: it appeareth by that those wo Disciples, declared to the .xij. Apostles assembled together in Jerusalem, how they knew our Lord in fraction Panis, in breaking of the Bread to them, which cannot be taken for the wine. And as soon as they knew him in breaking of the Bread, he vanished away from their sight, ere that he took the Cup into his hands, and blessed it, and gave it unto them, 56