A01532:154
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 2: Division 2.Part 2 › Division 2: Diuision 2.
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3. Expounding what manner of change he meaneth, when he saith, They are changed into that which erst they were not. *Thou thy self (saith he) wast before; but thou wast an old creature: after thou wast consecrated, thou begannest to be a new creature; which newness yet (as Tertullian well observeth) importeth *no corporal, but a spiritual change in the party so consecrated, not in substance, but in quality differing from what he was before.
3. Expounding what manner of change hee meaneth, when he saith, They are changed into that which erst they were not. *Thou thy selfe (saith he) wast before; but thou wast an old creature: after thou wast consecrated, thou begannest to be a new creature; which newnesse yet (as Tertullian well obserueth) importeth *no corporall, but a spirituall change in the party so consecrated, not in substance, but in quality differing from what he was before.
- *De sacram. l. 4. c. 4. Tu ipse ante fuisti; sed era• vetus creatura: Posteaquam consecratus es, nova creatura esse cepisti.De sacram. l. 4. c. 4. Tu ipse ante fuisti; sed era• vetus creatura: Posteaquam consecratus es, noua creatura esse cepisti.
- *Tam vetustatem hominis quam novitatem ad moralem non substantialem differentiam pertinere defend•mus. Tertul. de resurr. carn.Tam vetustatem hominis quam nouitatem ad moralem non substantialem differentiam pertinere defend•mus. Tertul. de resurr. carn.