...lips hung life or death, So shrewdly were her answers worded, No ground for censure they afforded. " CHRIST was the Word that spake it, " He took the Bread, and brake it, " And what His Word doth make it, " That I believe and take it." And thus her keen wit undermin'd The schemes by cruel...

...of Christ that was in the sacrament, it is said that, after some pausing, she thus answered : — " Christ was the word that spake it ; He took the bread and brake it ; And what the word did make it, That I believe, and take it." Which, though it may seem but a slight expression,...

...body of Christ that was in the sacrament? It is said, that after some pausing, she thus answered : Christ was the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it, And what that word did make it, That 1 believe and take it. Which, though it may seem but a sh'ght expression,...

...her. When questioned respecting the real presence, the net for catching protestants, she replied : " Christ was the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it, And what the word did make it, That I believe and take iU' That which was thus promised, was, in a great measure,...

...opinion of Christ's presence in the Sacrament, she truly and warily answered him thus : — " Twas God the word that spake it. He took the bread and brake it, And what the word did make it, That I believe and take it." <.'lark's Eccles. History,3rd edit. 167S. SL Bisiiov...

...blessed Sacrament, she very cautiously resolved the point in these following verses: — "Twas God the Word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it, And what the Word did make it, That I believe and take it2." 24. But all this caution notwithstanding, her averseness...

...sentiments respecting the doctrine of the real presence, she replied, after a momentary consideration, — " Christ was the word that spake it, He took the bread and break it, And what the Word did make it That I believe, and take it." This ingenious subterfuge and...

...modest, humble, and sober-minded good Christian in this great mystery of godliness : It wu the Lord that spake it, He took the Bread and brake it ; And what the Word did make it, So I believe and take it. 2. He discerns not this Sacramental Body of the Lord,...

...queen, doubting her sincerity, caused her to be questioned as to her belief in transubstantiation; on which Elizabeth, being pressed to declare her opinion...lines:— " Christ was the word that spake it, He took the broad and brake it; And what his word did make it, That I believe and take it." It was impossible for...

...established ritual, and her famous answer when questioned about her belief in the real presence *, * " Christ was the Word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it ; And what the Word did make it, That I believe and take it." led Heath and the Catholic party to hope that she...