Chrysostome alleged by Dr. Wes ton. the 83d Homily, he saith, "For it shall not be enough for "him to become man, and in the meanwhile to be whipped; "but he doth bring us into one mass or lump with himself, "as I may so call it, and maketh us his body, not by faith "alone, but also in very deed." Cran. I grant we make one nature with Christ: but that to be done with mouth I deny. West. Chrysost. 2 Cor. cap. 13. Hom. 29. hath these words: "Non vulgarem honorem consequutum est os no"strum, accipiens corpus Dominicum ;" i. e. "No little honour is given to our mouth, receiving the body of the "Lord." 66 Cran. This I say, that Christ entereth into us both by our ears and by our eyes. With our mouth we receive the body of Christ, and tear it with our teeth; that is to say, the sacrament of the body of Christ. Wherefore I say and affirm, that the virtue of the sacrament is much: and thereThe words fore Chrysostome many times speaketh of sacraments no of Chrysos otherwise than of Christ himself, as I could prove, if I pounded. might have liberty to speak, by many places of Chrysostome, where he speaketh of the sacrament of the body of Christ. tome ex Dr. Cole sacrament With the which word, " of the sacrament of the body," &c. denieth the Dr. Cole being highly offended, denied it to be the sacrato be a sa- ment of the body of Christ, save only of the mystical body, the body of which is the Church. crament of Christ, but only a sa Cran. And why should we doubt to call it the sacrament crament of of the body of Christ, offered upon the cross, seeing both the congre- Christ and the ancient Fathers do so call it? gation, that is, of the mystical body of Christ. Chrysos tome al leged by Dr. Cranmer. Cole. How gather you that of Chrysostome? Cran. Chrysostome declareth himself, lib. iii. De Sacerdotio, cap. 3. "O miraculum! O Dei in nos benevolentia ! "qui sursumsed et ad dexteram Patris, sacrificii tamen tem"pore hominum manibus continetur, traditurque lambere "cupientibus eum. Fit autem id nullis præstigiis, sed [The original of this passage, which will be found among the Authorities in the Appendix, supports Cranmer's reasoning much better than the version here given.] "apertis et circumspicientibus circumstantium omnium ocu"lis." That is to say: "O miracle! O the good-will of God towards us! which "sitteth above at the right hand of the Father, and is "holden in men's hands at the sacrifice time, and is given "to feed upon, to them that are desirous of him. And "that is brought to pass by no subtlety or craft, but with "the open and beholding eyes of all the standers-by." Thus you hear Christ is seen here in earth every day, is touched, is torn with the teeth, that our tongue is red with his blood; which no man having any judgment will say or think to be spoken without trope or figure. West. What miracle is it, if it be not his body, and if he spake only of the sacrament, as though it were his body? 66 tome al leged by ton. But hearken what Chrysostome saith ", Hom. 34. "Quod Chrysos"summo honore dignum est, id tibi in terra ostendo. Nam quemadmodum in regiis non parietes, non lectus aureus, Dr. Wes❝sed regium corpus in throno sedens omnium præstantissi"mum est: ita quoque in cœlis regium corpus, quod nunc "in terra proponitur. Non angelos, non archangelos, non "cœlos cœlorum, sed ipsum horum omnium Dominum tibi "ostendo. Animadvertis, quonam pacto quod omnium "maximum est atque præcipuum in terra, non conspicaris "tantum, sed tangis, neque solum tangis, sed comedis, atque eo accepto domum redis. Absterge igitur ab omni "sorde animam tuam." That is to say: "I show forth that thing on the earth unto thee, which "is worthy the greatest honour. For like as in the palace "of kings, neither the walls, nor the sumptuous bed, but "the body of kings sitting under the cloth of estate, and royal seat of majesty, is of all things else the most excel"lent; so is in like manner the king's body in heaven, which " is now set before us on earth. I show thee neither angels 66 " [What follows is said by a scholar of Oxford, who was present, to have been "the strongest argument which was thought to blank him.” How the body of Christ is showed us upon the earth. "nor archangels, nor the heaven of heavens, but the very "Lord and Master of all these things. Thou perceivest "after what sort thou dost not only behold, but touchest, "and not only touchest, but eatest, that which on the earth "is the greatest and chiefest thing of all other; and when "thou hast received the same, thou goest home: wherefore "cleanse thy soul from all uncleanness.” Upon this I conclude that the body of Christ is showed us upon the earth. Cran. What! upon the earth? No man seeth Christ upon the earth: he is seen with the eyes of our mind, with faith and spirit. West. I pray you, what is it that seemeth worthy highest honour on the earth? Is it the sacrament, or else the body of Christ? Cran. Chrysostome speaketh of the sacrament, and the body of Christ is showed forth in the sacrament. West. Ergo, Then the sacrament is worthy greatest ho nour. Cran. I deny the argument. West. That thing is showed forth and is now in the earth, "ostenditur et est," which is worthy highest ho nour; But only the body of Christ is worthy highest honour: Cran. I answer, the body of Christ to be on the earth, but so as in a sacrament, and as the Holy Ghost is in the water of baptism. West. Chrysostome saith, "ostendo," "I show forth;” which noteth a substance to be present. Cran. That is to be understanded sacramentally. West. He saith, "ostendo in terra," "I show forth on earth;" declaring also the place where. Cran. That is to be understand figuratively. * This word "est" is not in Chrysostome. y This argument of Weston, standing only upon affirmatives in the second figure, hath no perfect form in logic. West. He is showed forth and is now on the earth, &c. as before. Cran. Your Major and Conclusion are all one. West. But the Major is true : Ergo, The Conclusion also is true. Cranmer answereth to the place of Chrysostome, how That thing is on the earth, which is worthy of most high Christ is honour; But no figure is worthy of highest honour: showed forth on the earth, not bodily, but in a sacrament, that is, sa crament guratively. words of tom. Ergo, That which is on the earth is no figure. Cran. I answer, that is true sacramentally. Here Weston crieth to him that he should answer to one part, bidding him repeat his words. Which when he went ally and fiabout to do, such was the noise and crying out in the School, that his mild voice could not be heard. For when he went about to declare to the people how the Prolocutor did not well English the words of Chrysostome, using for Weston “ostenditur in terra," "he is showed forth on the earth," falsifies the "est in terra," "he is on the earth;" whereas Chrysostome Chrysoshath not 66 est," nor any such word of being on the earth; but only of showing, as the grace of the Holy Ghost in baptismo ostenditur, i. e. is showed forth in baptism; and oftentimes he did inculcate this word "ostenditur:" then the Prolocutor, stretching forth his hand, set on the rude people to cry out at him, filling all the School with hissing, clapping of hands, and noise; calling him indoc- Unretum, imperitum, impudentem; i. e. unlearned, unskilful, verend impudent. Which impudent and reproachful words this in the reverend man most patiently and meekly did abide, as one against that had been inured with the suffering of such like re- Doctor proaches. And when the Prolocutor, not yet satisfied with this rude and unseemly demeanour, did urge and call upon him to answer the argument, then he bade the Notary repeat his words again. Notary. That which is worthy most high honour, here I show forth to thee in earth; The body of Christ is worthy highest honour: Ergo, He showeth forth the body of Christ here in earth. words used School Cranmer. Cran. That is showed forth here on the earth which may be seen, which may be touched, and which may be eaten 2; but these things be not true of the body. Cole. Why should not these things be true of the body of Christ? Cran. The Major out of Chrysostome is true, meaning of the sacrament. For in the sacrament the true body of Christ, and not the figurative body, is set forth. West. Show me somewhat in earth worthy greatest ho nour. Cran. I cannot, but in the sacrament only. West. Ergo, The sacrament is worthy greatest honour. Cran. So it is. Judges. Let it be written. Cran. I pray you, let my answer be written likewise. I affirm, that the body of Christ is showed forth unto us. is our faith that seeth Christ. It West. "Ostendo tibi," i. e. "I show it to thee," saith Chrysostome, not to thy faith. Cran. He speaketh sacramentally. West. Ergo, Chrysostome lieth. For he, speaking of showing, saith, "Ego Chrysostomus ostendo;" i. e. "I "Chrysostome do show." But he can show nothing sacramentally. Ched. By force of argument we are brought to this point, that the body of Christ is proved to be on earth, not only sacramentally, but in very deed also; by this reason, that it is worthy highest honour. The reason is indissoluble. Cran. I never heard a more vain argument, and it is most vain also it hath mine answer unto it. Ched. Will you affirm, that it is absurd which Chrysostome saith, that the body of Christ is touched? I touch the body of Christ in the sacrament, as Thomas touched Christ; z The body of Christ is showed forth to us here in earth divers ways; as in reading of the Scriptures, sometimes in hearing sermons, and also in sacraments; and yet neither the Scriptures, nor sermons, nor sacramen's are to be worshipped. |