A replie vnto M. Hardinges ansvveare by perusinge whereof the discrete, and diligent reader may easily see, the weake, and vnstable groundes of the Romaine religion, whiche of late hath beene accompted Catholique. By Iohn Iewel Bishoppe of Sarisburie.

M. Hardinge. The .14. Diuision.

This (I say in conclusion) beinge so, as it is vndoubtedly so: we that remaine in the Catholike Churche, and can by no persecution be remoued from the Catholike Faithe, whome it liketh M. Iuel, and his fellowes to cal Papistes, beleeue verily, that it is our bounden dewtie to Adore the Sacrament, and to woorship it with al Godly Honoure. By whiche woorde, Sacrament, notwithstandinge in this respecte we meane not the outwarde Formes, (163)* 1.1 that properly are called the Sacrament, but the thinge of the Sacrament, the Inuisible Grace, and Vertue therein conteined, euen the very Bodie and Bloude of Christe.

And when we adore, and woorship this Blissed Sacrament, we dooe not Adore, and VVoorship the Substance it selfe of Breade and VVine, (164)* 1.2 because after Consecration none at al remaineth. Neither doo wee Adore the outwarde Shapes, and Formes of Breade, and VVine, whiche remaine: for they be but Creatures, that ought not to be Adored: But the Bodie it selfe and Bloude of Christe, (165)* 1.3 vnder those Formes Verily, and Really conteined, lowly, and deuoutly doo wee Adore. And therefore, to speake more properly, and accordinge to skille, least our Aduersaries might take ad∣uantage against vs through occasion of termes, where right sense onely is meante▪ wee protest, and saye, that wee doo, and ought to Adore and woorship the Bodie, and Bloude of Christe in the Sacra∣mente.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The .16••. Vntruthe. For these Speaches vvere neue•• knovven, nor hearde of in any time of the Ancient Fathers.
• * 1.2

  The .164. Vntrueth. For the Breade, and VVine re∣maine stil, as shal ap∣peare in the tenthe Ar∣ticle.
• * 1.3

  The .165. Vntrueth. As maye more large∣ly appeare by the Fifthe, and the Sixthe Article.