ry place. The first parcell, that is, vntill the vvorldes ende, is so put, that it may ioyne to the sentence goyng before, or els to these wordes folowing: The Lord is aboue. &c. And so should it wel accorde to my sētence before shewed, which is, the Lord is so bodyly ascended, that in hys naturall body he cannot agayne returne from heauen vntyll the generall dome.

But howsoeuer the sayd clause or parcell be applyed, it shall not greatly skill: for my sentence notwithstādyng remayneth full stedfast. In so much, as the scripture doth mencion but of ij. Aduentes or comminges of Christ, of which the first is performed in hys blessed incarnation, and the seconde is the commyng at the generall dome. MarginaliaThe reall presence agaynst the article of our Crede.And furthermore, in thys article of our Crede: From thence shall he come to iudge the quicke and the dead, is not only shewed wherfore he shall come agayne, but also whan he shall come agayne: so that in the meane whyle, as the other article of our Crede witnesseth: He sitteth at the right hand of God his father, that is not els to saye, then he remayneth in glory with the father. Furthermore, euen as I haue before rehearsed the forsayd authoritye of Augustyne, so haue I read it in hys Quinquagenes vppon a Psalme, of which I can not now precisely note or name the number. And the same wordes doth he also wryte in an Epistle to S. Hierome. So that we may know, he had good liking in it, that he so commonly doth vse it, as hys vsuall prouerbe or byworde.

MarginaliaThe body of Christ can be but in one place at once.In the same is also testyfied, that hys blessed bodye can be but in one place, so that it beyng now accordinge to the scripture and article of our beliefe or crede, in heauen, it can not be in earth: and much lesse can it be in so vnnumerable places of þ^e earth, as we may perceiue that the sacramēt is. Thus, although þ^e body of our Sauiour must be in one place, as he writeth agreably to the saying of Peter: VVhom the heauens must receaue vntill the tyme of the restitution of all thyng: yet as the wordes folowyng make mention: Veritas autē eius vbique diffusa est. But his veritie is scatered euery vvhere. MarginaliaThe veritye of Christ.This veritie of Christ, or of his body, do I take to be that he in other places, doth cal Virtus Sacramenti: MarginaliaThe vertue of the sacrament.the vertue of the sacramēt. As in the xxv. treatise vpon Iohn we finde thus written: Aliud est Sacramentū, aliud virt⁹ Sacramēti. The Sacramēt is one thyng, & the vertue of the Sacramēt, is an other thing. And again: Si quis māducauerit ex ipso, non moritur, sed qui pertinet ad virtutē Sacramenti, non qui pertinet ad visibile Sacramentum. &c. If any man eate of hym hee dyeth not, but hee meaneth of him, vvhich doth appertaine to the vertue of the Sacrament, and not of him vvhich perteyneth to the visible Sacrament. And to declare what is the vertue of the Sacrament, that I counte to be the truth of the Lord or of his body, hee sayth: Qui manducat intus, non foris, qui māducat in corde, non qui premit dente. He vvhich eateth invvardly in spirite, not outvvardly: he that eateth in heart, and not he vvhiche chavveth vvith teeth.

MarginaliaThe veritie of the Lord, or of his body, expounded.So that fynally, this truth of the Lord or of his body, which is dispersed euery where abroad, is þ^e spiritual profite, fruit, & cōforte, that is opened, to be receyued euery where of all men by faythe in the verytye of the Lorde, that is to wytte, in the very and true promise or Testamente made to vs in the Lordes bodye that was crucified and suffered death for vs, and arose agayne ascendyng immortall into heauē: where he sitteth, that is, abideth on the ryght hande of his father, from thence not to returne vntyll the generall dome or iudgement. This bodyly absence of our Sauiour is likewise clearely shewed in þ^e 50. treatise that he maketh vpon Iohn: where he doth expound this texte: ye haue the poore alvvayes vvith you, but you shall not alvvayes haue me vvith you, MarginaliaAugust. in Ioan. tract. 05.to my purpose, that therby I counte and holde myne opinion to bee rather Catholyke, then theyrs that holde the contrary. Finally, the same doth he confirme in his Sermons of the second and thirde Feries of Easter, and in so many places besides forth, as here can not be recited, the number of them is so passyng great.

With hym consenteth full plainly Fulgentius in his second booke, to Trasimundus, writinge in this wise: Vn⁹ idemque homo localis ex homine, qui est Deus immensus ex patre. Vnus idemque secundum humanam substantiam, absens cœlo cum esset in terra. &c. MarginaliaFulgentius ad Trasimundum. lib. 2.One and the same man beyng locall, in that hee is a man vvhiche is God almyghtye of the Father. One and the same accordyng to humane substaunce beyng absent from heauen vvhen hee vvas in the earth, and leauyng the earth vvhen hee ascended vppe into heauen. But accordyng to his diuine and almyghty substance, neyther departing from heauē, vvhē he descended frō heauē, neyther leauyng the earth, vvhē he ascended into heauen. The vvhich may vvell be knovven by the vn-doubtfull saying of our Lorde hym selfe: vvhich that he myght the better skevv his humanitie occupying a place, sayed vnto his Disciples: I ascende vp vnto my father and your father, vnto my God and your God. Also vvhen he had sayd of Lazarus: Lazarus is dead, he adioyned saying: And I am glad for your sakes, that you maye beleue, because I vvas not there. But shevving the greatnes of his diuinitie, he sayd to his Disciples: Behold I am vvith you vnto the ende of the vvorld. For hovv did he ascende into heauen: but because he is locall and true man? And hovv is he present to his faythfull, but because he is almightye and true God? &c. In this maner doth he procede forth, speaking much, ful agreably to my sentēce, which is now ouerlong here to write. But what can be sayd more playnly in so fewe wordes making for me?

MarginaliaChrist in his humane substaunce is locall.First he sayth, that Christ beyng a man, is as concernyng his manhede, locall, that is to say, conteyned in one place. And to expresse that more clearelye, hee addeth to it, saying: He is one and the same according to his humane substaunce, absent from heauen vvhen he vvas in earth, and leauing the earth vvhen he ascended into heauen. where as he hath a contrarye Antithesis MarginaliaAntithesis, that is to say, contrary positiō or relation.for the godly nature, to shewe forth the fyrst point the more effectually. The Antithesis is thus: But according to his diuine & incomparable substaunce, neither leauing heauen vvhen he descended from heauen, neither forsaking the earth vvhen hee ascended into heauen. Wherby is also confirmed, that I sayd: Christ did descende and ascende, as touching his humanitye, but not in his Deitie, which is immutable and vnmoueable: as we may perceyue by that hee here doth call it, almyghtie substaunce. Furthermore, to shewe, that Christ (as touchying hys humane and naturall body) is locall, and in one place: he alleageth, and that right iustly, ij. textes of scripture. The fyrst is: I ascend to my father. &c. And the second is of Lazarus, I am glad for your sakes. &c.

Finally, he maketh this demaūd: But hovv did he ascēd into heauē, but because he is a locall & very mā? Wherby we may see, that by this sentence, Christ could not ascend, except he had ben locall, that is, cōteyned in one place, & so very man. MarginaliaAugust.And that is according to S. Augustine, writing as is aboue shewed: And he shall so come (as the Aungell vvitnesseth) euē as you haue seene hym going vp into heauen, that is to say, in the same forme and substaunce of hys fleshe. According to this forme he is not spread abroad in euery place: MarginaliaWe must not so defende Christes diuinity, that we must destroy his humanitie.for vve must bevvare that vve do not so esteeme hys diuinitie, that vve therby do take avvay the veritie of his bodye. So that they both do testifye, that Christ could not haue ascended, except he had ben locall, that is to witte, conteyned in one place, & very man: and that if he were not locall, he coulde not be a man. Wherfore S. Augustine sayth further, MarginaliaAugust. ad Dardanum.ad Dardanum: Spatia locorum tolle corporibus, & nusquam erunt, & quia nusquam erunt, nec erunt. That is to witte: MarginaliaBodyes can not be without limitation of place.Take avvay localitie or occupying of place frō bodyes, & they shall be no vvhere: and for because they shall be no vvhere, they shall haue no being at all.

We therfore coueting to fynde Christe or hys naturall bodye, should seeke for hym in heauen, where hys naturall manhede is sittyng on the ryght hande of his father. So willeth vs. MarginaliaAmbros. in Lucam.S. Ambrose in the x. booke which he writeth vppon Luke, speaking of Christes humanitie assumpte, in this wise: Ergo non supra terram, nec in terra, nec secundum carnem te quærere debemus, si volumus te inuenire. &c. Therefore vve ought not to seeke thee vppon the earth, nor in the earth, neither according to the fleshe, if vve vvill finde thee: for novv according to the fleshe vve do not knovv Christ. Furthermore, Steuen did not seeke thee vpon the earth, vvhē that he did see thee standing on the ryght hand of God the father. But Mary vvhich sought thee vppon the earth, coulde not touch thee. Steuen touched thee because he sought thee in heauen. Steuen amongest the Ievves savve thee being absent. &c. Thus we must seeke for the naturall bodye of Christ, not vppon the earth, but in heauen, if we will not be deceyued. And that doth he more largely shew in the same treatise, speaking thus of þ^e veritie of Christs body: Quomodo nō corpus quiesceret, in quo manebant insignia vulnerum, vestigia cicatricum, quæ dominus palpanda obtulit? &c. Hovv could it come to passe that the body could not rest in the sepulcher, in vvhich the tokens of the vvoundes and scarres did appeare, vvhich the Lord him selfe dyd offer to be touched (in vvhich doing he did not onely stablish the faith, but also augmēted deuotiō)? Because he vvould rather cary vp into heauē the vvoundes receaued for vs, & vvould not put them avvaye, that he might present to God the father, the price of our libertie. Such a one the father doth place at hys right hand, embracing the triumphe and victorye of our saluation. &c.

MarginaliaGregor. in homel. Pentec.Gregorye also in an Homelie of Pentecoste, sayth agreablye to the other, in these wordes: Quando non maneret apud eos, qui ascensurus cœlos, promittit dicens: Ecce ego vobiscum sum omnibus diebus vsque ad consummationem sæculi? &c. VVhen vvas it that he dyd not tarye vvith thē,