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…

3. Observe how these men that cannot endure to hear us say, This, or that thing is impossible: yet tell us themselves of many impossibilities; and that even then also when they speak of these miraculous mysteries, in the confuting one of another. It is impossible (saith this worthy writer) for a man, as Christ was, otherwise then similitudinarily, to be a rock, or a vine. ^oIt is impossible (saith Aquinas) that a man should be an Ass. ^pIt is impossible (saith the Gloss) that bread should be Christs body. ^qIt is altogether impossible (saith Bellarmine) that this sentence, This bread is my body, should be true properly. ^rIt is impossible (saith Biel) that Christs body should be broken or divided and so be spoiled, being impassible. ^sIt is impossible (saith Aquinas) that Christ in his last Supper should give his body impassible. ^tIt is impossible that his body being now impassible should be altered in shape or hew. ^uIt is impossible that Christs body in his proper shape should be seen in any other place, but that one only wherein he is definitively. ^xIt is impossible that the substantial form of bread should remain after consecration: or that the substance of bread and wine should abide there. ^yIt is impossible that Christs body by a local motion should come to be in the Sacrament. ^“It is impossible that the same thing should both rest and move at once. ^“