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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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For first, Ambrose there expressly teacheth, that the creatures of bread and wine still abide even after Consecration, which utterly overthroweth the Popish Transubstantiation. If (saith he) there were so much force in the word of the Lord, (in the work of Creation) that those things began by it to be that before were not; how much more operative is it to cause lthat things should be still what they were before, and be changed into another things. So that by this ⟨p. 61⟩Ambroses confession the elements remain still what they were, and yet are changed indeed, which we deny not, into that which they were not; as wax is turned into a seal, being annexed to a deed; though it remain still for substance what erst it was.
For first, Ambrose there expressely teacheth, that the creatures of bread and wine still abide euen after Consecration, which vtterly ouerthroweth the Popish Transubstantiation. If (saith he) there were so much force in the word of the Lord, (in the worke of Creation) that those things began by it to be that before were not; how much more operatiue is it to cause lthat things should be still what they were before, and be changed into another things. So that by this ⟨p. 61⟩Ambroses confession the elements remaine still what they were, and yet are changed indeed, which wee deny not, into that which they were not; as waxe is turned into a seale, being annexed to a deed; though it remaine still for substance what erst it was.
- lUt sint quae erant, & in aliud commutentur. Ambr. de sacram. l. 4. c. 4. citatus etiam à Lumbard. sentent. l. 4. d. 20. D. & Tho. Aqui. sum. p. 3. q. 7 8. a. 4.Vt sint quae erant, & in aliud commutentur. Ambr. de sacram. l. 4. c. 4. citatus etiam à Lumbard. sentent. l. 4. d. 20. D. & Tho. Aqui. sum. p. 3. q. 7 8. a. 4.