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…

2. A man may as well be a rock; as a rock may be a man, or bread may be flesh. And why was it not as possible for the rock to be turned into Christ, and so to become Christ, as for bread to be turned into the body of Christ, and so to be the flesh of Christ? that the one might be understood properly as well as the other. If they will say, It is impossible that the rock should be turned into the flesh of Christ, before Christ was incarnate, I might answer them, as they use to do us; that God is able to do all things. And questionless it is ^*as possible that the rock should be turned into that flesh, that as yet was not; as that a little thin wafer cake, or the compass of it at least, should contain Christs whole and entire body here on earth, while the very self same individual body should be whole and entire still in heaven. A creature may as well be, and yet not be at once, as a natural body may at the same time be wholly and entire thus contracted on earth, and yet whole and entire also in his full stature in heaven. Yea how is it not a thing absurd and impossible, that Christs body sitting whole and entire at the table, should hold the self-same body whole and entire in its two hands on the table, and should give the self-same body away whole and entire over the table to twelve several persons, to go severally into each of their mouths still whole and entire, and to become so many whole and entire humane organical bodies in their mouths, as in chewing they made pieces of that that was given them, and yet the self-same body that they did thus take and eat, remain sitting there still unstirred and untouched? If these things be not absurda absurdorum absurdissima (as he speaketh) as monstrous absurdities as ever were any, I know not what are.

2. A man may as well be a rocke; as a rocke may bee a man, or bread may be flesh. And why was it not as possible for the rocke to be turned into Christ, and so to become Christ, as for bread to bee turned into the bodie of Christ, and so to be the flesh of Christ? that the one might be vnderstood properly as well as the other. If they will say, It is impossible that the rocke should bee turned into the flesh of Christ, before Christ was incarnate, I might answer them, as they vse to do vs; that God is able to do all things. And questionlesse it is ^*as possible that the rock should be turned into that flesh, that as yet was not; as that a little thinne wafer cake, or the compasse of it at least, should containe Christs whole and entire body here on earth, while the very selfe same indiuiduall body should be whole and entire still in heaven. A creature may as well be, and yet not be at once, as a naturall body may at the same time be wholly and entire thus contracted on earth, and yet whole and entire also in his full stature in heauen. Yea how is it not a thing absurd and impossible, that Christs body sitting whole and entire at the table, should hold the selfe-same body whole and entire in its two hands on the table, and should giue the selfe-same body away whole and entire ouer the table to twelue seuerall persons, to goe seuerally into each of their mouthes still whole and entire, and to become so many whole and entire humane organicall bodies in their mouthes, as in chewing they made pieces of that that was giuen them, and yet the selfe-same body that they did thus take and eate, remaine sitting there still vnstirred and vntouched? If these things be not absurda absurdorum absurdissima (as he speaketh) as monstrous absurdities as euer were any, I know not what are.