A defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande conteininge an answeare to a certaine booke lately set foorthe by M. Hardinge, and entituled, A confutation of &c. By Iohn Iewel Bishop of Sarisburie.

The B. of Sarisburie.

Euthymius, although one of the meanest Doctours, saithe right wel, and as the Learned Fathers saide before him. But, M. Hardinge, doo you take your Authours at al aduentures, as they comme to hande: or doo you consider, what they saie•• Tel vs. I beseech you in your fantasie, what are those thing{is} y^• Euthymi∣us saithe, are set before vs? Whether are they the Body, and Bloude of Christe, or clarour Accidentes? If it be Christes very Body and Bloude substantially, Really, & in deede, VVhy shoulde vvee not consider the Nature of them? what haue they offended you?* 1.1 Or what imperfection finde you in them? Cyrillus saithe, Caro Christi Natura viuifica est: The Fleashe of Christe by Nature hath power to geue

Life.* 1.2 And Christe him selfe saithe, My Fleashe is Verily Meate: and My Bloude is Verily Drinke. Therefore the Nature hereof is wel woorthy to be considered. But if there be nothinge there set foorthe, but onely your bare, and naked Acci∣dentes, What Povver, What Vertue is there in them? What Doctoure, or Fa∣ther euer taught vs, that wee should haue Remission of Sinne, and be saued by your Accidentes?

But, as I saide, Euthymius writeth wel, folowinge herein the Doctrine of the Ancient Learned Fathers.* 1.3 S. Basile saithe, Si qua Gratia est in Aqua, ea non est ex Natura Aquae, sed ex praesentia Spiritus: If there be any Grace in the VVater, (of Baptisme) it is not of the Nature of the VVater, but of the presence of the Sprite. Cyprian speaking of y^• Oile, saith thus: Sanctificatis Elementis iam non propria Na∣tura praebet effectum: Sed Virtus Diuina potentiùs operatur: It is not Nature, that geueth effecte, or force vnto the Elementes beinge Sanctified: but the Diuine Povver woorketh more mightily.* 1.4 So saithe S. Chrysostome. Petra erat Christus: Non e∣nian ipsius Petrae Natura Aqua scatutiebat: Sed alia quaedam Spiritualis Petra omnia operata est, hoc est. Christus: The Rocke was Christ. For it vvas not by the Nature of the Rocke,* 1.5 that the VVater gusshed out: but a certaine other Spiritual Rocke wrought al these thinges, that is to saie, Christe. In like manner the Anciente Father Origen spea∣kinge of the Power,* 1.6 and Vertue of Our Lordes Supper saithe thus, Illud, quod Sanctificatur per Verbum Dei, & per Obsecrationem, non suapte Natura sanctificat vtentem: The thinge, that is Sanctified by the ƲƲoorde of God, and by Praier, sancti∣fieth not him, that vseth it, by the Nature of it selfe. By these, and other like ad∣uertisementes, these Godly Fathers meante to withdrawe Our mindes from the outwarde corruptible Creatures, to the Spiritual, and Inwarde vnderstandinge of the Sacramentes. Therefore Euthymius in the same place saithe, Panis habet Similitudinem quandam ad Corpus,* 1.7 & Vinum ad Sanguinem: The Breade hathe a cer∣taine Likenesse vnto the Body, and the VVine a certaine Likenesse vnto the Bloude.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Cyrill. in Iohan. Lib. 4. Cap. 12.
• * 1.2

  Came not to destroie
• * 1.3

  Basilius De Spiritu Sancto. Cap. 15. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉
• * 1.4

  Cyprian. De Vnction. Chris∣matis.
• * 1.5

  Chrysost. 1. Cori. Homil. 18.
• * 1.6

  Origen in Matt. Cap. 15.
• * 1.7

  Euthymius in Math. Cap. 64.