For as the person of Christe consisteth of two natures, that is to say, of his manhod, and of his Godhead, (And therfore bothe those na∣tures remayne in Christ,) euen so (sayth saynt-Augustin) the sacrament cōsisteth of two natue¦res, of the elemētes of bread and wine, and of the body & bloud of Christ, & therfore both these na∣tures must nedes remayne in the sacrament.
For the more playne vnderstandyng herof, it is to bee noted, that there were certayne herety∣ques, as Simon▪ Menander, Marcion, Ualen¦tinus, Basilides, Cerdon, Manes, Eutiches, Manicheus, Apollinaris, and dyuers other of lyke sortes, whyche sayd, that Christ was very God, but not a very manne, althoughe in ea∣tynge, drynkynge, sleapyng, and all other ope∣rations of man, to mens iudgementes he ap∣pered lyke vnto a man.
Other there were, as Artemon, Theodorus, Sabellius, Paulus Samasathenus, Marcel∣lus, Photinus, Nestorius, and many other of the same sectes, whyche sayd, that he was a ve∣ry naturall man, but not very God, although in geuyng the blynd their syghte, the dumbe theyr speeche, the deafe their hearynge, in healyng so∣deynly with his worde al diseases, in raysyng to life them that were dead, and in al other workes of God, he shewed himselfe as he had been God.
Yet other there were which seyng the scripture so playne in those two matters, confessed that he was both God & man, but not both at one tyme.