The B. of Sarisburie.
O howe easy a mater it is, to deceiue the ignorant? Origen in that whole place speaketh not one woorde, neither of Worshippinge the Sacrament, nor of Chri∣stes Real,* 1.1 Corporal beinge therein, nor of his Material entringe into our Bo∣dies. But takinge occasion of the Centurion,* 1.2 that thought him self vnworthy, to receiue Christe into his howse, he sheweth, by what waies, and meanes, Christe vseth to enter into the Faitheful. And two special waies he expressely nameth in that place. The one, When any Godly man cometh to vs: The other, When we receiue the holy Communion. His woordes be these: Quando Sancti, & Deo accep∣tabiles Ecclesiarum Antistites, &c. VVhen holy Bishoppes, acceptable vnto God, enter into thy house, then by them the Lorde dooth enter. And be thou persuaded, that thou receiuest God him self. An other meane is, when thou receiuest that Incorruptible, and holy Banket. Thus by this holy Fathers iudgement, as Christe entreth into vs by a Bishop, or holy man, euen so he entreth into vs by the receiuinge of the holy Mysteries. And so likewise he saith in the first Homilie of the same booke: Per Euangelistatū,* 1.3 & Apo∣stolorum praedicationem, &c. God is with vs by the preachinge of the Euangelistes, and Apo∣stles: by the Sacrament of his holy Bodie, and Bloude: and by the Signe of the glorious Crosse. By al these thinges God cometh to vs,* 1.4 and is in vs: as he him self saith, Beholde I am with yowe al daies, vntil the Consummation of the worlde. Thus in the Olde Te∣stament, when the Arke of God was lifted vp,* 1.5 it seemed, God him selfe was lifted vp. And therefore in liftinge vp thereof the Priestes saide, Exurgat Deus: Let the Lorde arise:* 1.6 & when the Arke was brought into the Campe, they saide, God him self was come: And when the Arke was taken, they saide, The Glorie of Israel was taken.
Neither maie we thinke, that Origen meante any Corporal, or Real entringe of Christe into our houses. His owne woordes,* 1.7 and exposition are to the contrary. For thus he writeth in the same place. Tantùm dic verbo: Tantùm veni verbo: ver∣bum aspectus tuus est, opus{que} est consummatum: Ostende Absens Corpore,* 1.8 quod Praesens spiritu consummare potes. Onely (O Lorde) speake thou the Woorde: Onely come by thy Woorde: thy Woorde is thy sight, and a perfite worke: beinge Absent in thy Bodie, shewe, that thou art hable to make perfite, beinge Present in Sprite. So saith Christe, I and my Fa∣ther wil come vnto him, and wil make our aboade in him. In which woordes we maie not conceiue any Material, or Corporal comminge. Therefore, when so euer Christ entreth thus into our house, whether it be by some Holy Man, or by the Sacrament of his Bodie, or by the Signe of the Crosse,* 1.9 or, as S. Augustine saith, by Faith, or by the Sacrament of Baptisme, Origen teacheth vs to humble our hartes, & to saie at euery suche comminge, or Presence, O Lorde, I am not worthy that thou sholdest thus enter into my house. If M. Hardinge wil geather hereof, that Origen teacheth vs, to Adoure the Sacramente: then must he also saie, that Origen likewise teacheth vs to Adoure the Bishop,* 1.10 or any other Godly man, and that euen as God, and with Godly honoure.