A01532:185
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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Lastly, Christs blood indeed may in some sense be said to inebriate mens souls, and the sAncients sometime so speak. But that which is in the Chalice, if it be taken (which the Priest sometime may chance to do) overlargely, will (as tAquinas well observeth) inebriate the body and not the soul: which I never yet heard that ublood did, or could do. And therefore we have cause to think, if we see the Priest drunk with it, yea we have reason to believe, because we know he well may, that it is not Christs blood, but *the fruit of the xvine, the blood of the grape, that is in the Chalice, and produceth such effects.
Lastly, Christs blood indeed may in some sense be said to inebriate mens soules, and the sAncients sometime so speake. But that which is in the Chalice, if it be taken (which the Priest sometime may chance to doe) ouerlargely, will (as tAquinas well obserueth) inebriate the bodie and not the soule: which I neuer yet heard that ublood did, or could doe. And therefore wee haue cause to thinke, if we see the Priest drunke with it, yea we haue reason to beleeue, because we know he well may, that it is not Christs blood, but *the fruit of the xvine, the blood of the grape, that is in the Chalice, and produceth such effects.
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