 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1849 - 496 pages
...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,... | |
 | Peter Heylyn, Ecclesiastical History Society - Church and state - 1849 - 520 pages
...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... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1867 - 696 pages
...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... | |
 | Richard Sherlock - Devotional exercises - 1849 - 442 pages
...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,... | |
 | Gift books - 1849 - 362 pages
...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... | |
 | William Carlos Williams - Literary Criticism - 1985 - 300 pages
...have hurt much when they slit its throat." There is a simple statement of faith at the beginning: He was the Word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it; And what the Word did make it, I do believe and take it. He must get through a message to the people such as... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Reference - 1989 - 414 pages
...frankincense and myrrh, to thee and thy Babe we bend the knee. Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) American author He was the Word, that spake it; He took the bread and brake it; And what that Word did make it, I do believe and take it. John Donne (c. 1571-1631) English divine, metaphysical poet The whole religious... | |
 | Freeman G. Henry - Criticism - 1994 - 412 pages
...lyrics appear to represent prophetic affirmations of life. The first of them, for example, declares: He was the Word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it And what the Word did make it, I do believe and take it. After a time Albion Moonlight stops inserting lyric... | |
 | Religion - 1995 - 212 pages
...for political reasons, and imitate her response in verse and its deliberate ambiguity to the debate: Christ was the Word that spake it; He took the bread...that Word did make it, That I believe, and take it. So let us not worry about the method and nature of Christ's presence in the consecrated bread and wine... | |
 | Frank Alexander Peake - History - 1997 - 268 pages
...the presence." He did not quote John Donne's famous verse but it evidently represented his position: Christ was the Word that spake it. He took the bread and brake it. What His Word doth make it, That I believe and take it. Concerning Confession and absolution, he said... | |
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Christ was the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it, And what that word did make it, That I believe and take it. 
