The B. of Sarisburie.
It is likely, saithe M. Hardinge, that Christe is Fleashely Present in the Sa∣crament, for that the Priest, and the people adoureth him. This gheasse hath ve∣ry sclender holde. For woulde he, that the people should neuer woorship Christe, but onely when they haue him present before their face? Certainely, S. Hierome writeth thus of a Gentelwoman named Melania, Ad Christi pedes prouoluta est:* 1.1 She fel downe, and woorshipped at Christes feete: notwithstandinge she had not Christ there bodily present. Likewise Chrysostome teacheth vs, to woorship Christe in the Sacrament of Baptisme: For thus he saithe vnto the people, Et vos, qui acce∣pturi estis Baptisma, Tenete pedes Saluatoris: Lauate lachrymis: C••••ne ••ergite. You, that wil receiue Baptisme, holde the feete of our Saueour: washe them with your teares: wipe them with your heare. Yet wil not M. Hardinge therefore say, that Christe is Bodily, and Carnally present in the water of Baptisme. Thus the Faithful then were taught to woorship Christe, although they had him not Corporally in Real Pre∣sence. The Idolaters woorshipped the Sunne, and the Moone: yet they pulled them not downe from Heauen, to receiue their woorship. Therefore M. Hardinges ar∣gument of Adoration can stande him but in little stéede. For we are taught to woorship Christe sittinge in Heauen: not lieinge Bodily Present before our eies.