M. Hardinge. The .16. Diuision.
Againe,* 1.1 S. Augustine saith in an other place: Non hoc Corpus, quod videtis, comesturi estis. Not this Bodie, whiche ye see, shal ye eate.* 1.2 And S. Hierome saith, Diuinam & Spiritualem Car∣nem manducandam dari, aliam quidem ab ea quae Crucifixa est, That Diuine, and Spiritual Fleashe is geuen to be eaten, other beside that, whiche was Crucified. VVherefore in respecte of the exhibitinge, the Fleashe is diuided, that in it selfe is but one: and the Fleashe exhibited in mysterie, is in very deede a Sacrament of Christes Bodie visible, and palpable, whiche suffered on the Crosse. And thus it foloweth of conuenience, where as the Fleashe is not the same accordinge to the quali∣ties of the exhibitinge, whiche was Crucified, and whiche nowe is sacrificed by the handes of a Prieste: againe, where as the Passion, Death, and Resurrection are saide to be done, not in trueth of the thinge, but in mysterie Signifieinge: it foloweth (I saie) that the Fleashe is not the same in qua∣lities, so as it was on the Crosse, though it be the same in substance.
Many mo authorities might be alleged for the openinge of this mater, but these for this present are ynough, if they be not to many, as I feare me, they wil so appeare to the vnlearned Reader, and to suche as be not geuen to earnest studie, and diligent searche of the truethe. By these places it is made cleare, and euident, that these Names, Figure, Image, Signe, Token, Sacrament, and suche other the like, of force of their signification doo not alwaies exclude the trueth of thinges: but doo onely shewe, and note the maner of presence. VVherefore, to conclude this maier, that is somewhat ob∣scure to senses litle exercised, the Figure of the Bodie, or Signe of the Bodie, the Image of the Bodie, dothe note the coouertnes, and secretenes in the maner of the exhibitinge, and doth not diminishe any whitte the truethe of the presence. So we doo accorde with M. Iuel in this Article touchinge the forme of woordes, but withal we haue thought it necessarie, to declare the true meaninge of the same, whiche is contrarie to the doctrine of the Sacramentaries.