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A discussion of the popish doctrine of transubstantiation wherein the same is declared, by…A discussion of the popish doctrine of transubstantiation vvherein the same is declared, by…
A discussion of the popish doctrine of transubstantiation wherein the same is declared, by the confession of their own writers, to have no necessary ground in Gods Word: as also it is further demonstrated to be against Scripture, nature, sense, reason, religion, and the judgement of t5xxauncients, and the faith of our ancestors: written by Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith.A discussion of the popish doctrine of transubstantiation vvherein the same is declared, by the confession of their owne writers, to haue no necessary ground in Gods Word: as also it is further demonstrated to be against Scripture, nature, sense, reason, religion, and the iudgement of t5xxauncients, and the faith of our auncestours: written by Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith.
London: printed by John for William Sheffard, 1624London: printed by Iohn for William Sheffard, 1624
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Part 2 › Division 1: Division I.Part 2 › Division 1: Diuision I.
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This as I have heretofore by experience found to be the common practise of Popish companions; so this Defendant loath to degenerate from the kind he cometh of, at the first dash beginneth with, charging the Divine he dealeth with to be one utterly ignorant, unacquainted with the Authors works that he citeth, a petty-writer, a mere collector, a false filcher, a foul corrupter, a superficial disputer, and what not?
This as I haue heretofore by experience found to be the common practise of Popish companions; so this Defendant loath to degenerate from the kinde he commeth of, at the first dash beginneth with, charging the Diuine he dealeth with to be one vtterly ignorant, vnacquainted with the Authors workes that he citeth, a petty-writer, a meere collector, a false filcher, a foule corrupter, a superficiall disputer, and what not?
This is his charge: Let us hear how he proveth it.
This is his charge: Let vs heare how he prooueth it.
1. He termeth Jansenius, whom he citeth, more then once a Jesuit, when he is not. It is true indeed: I confess, I do twice so term him, and I took him to have been so: wherein if I were mistaken, the matter is not great. I hope the authority of a famous Bishop, and a great writer of special note among them, our of a work of his written bwith much learning and mature judgement, as the Louvain professor acknowledgeth; and approved cby the common judgement of the learned among them, as the King of Spain's (to whom also it is dedicated) and the Popes Censurer of books testifieth, may well be deemed of as much weight as the word or work, (if not of any, yet) of many a Jesuit at least.