A01532:187
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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True it is, I say these words of our Saviour, This is my body, may as well be understood figuratively, as those speeches are where the Rock is called Christ, and when pointing to the pictures of Caesar and Alexander (it is the comparison that aAugustine useth) we say, This is Caesar, and That is Alexander. And in Answer to the Objection before recited; I say, that the Cup, that is, the wine in the Cup, is said to be the New Testament, as Circumcision the Covenant, because *a sign and seal of it. But that the bread and wine are no other then bare signs and types, &c. I no where say: It is his untruth, not mine assertion. I say expressly more then so, that they are not signs only, but seals, and signs and seals so effectual, (as after I ⟨p. 78⟩show) that by them the things signified by them, and sealed up in them are truly and effectually, yet spiritually, conveyed unto those that do faithfully receive them. He dealeth herein but as Bellarmine (whom he imitateth) doth with Calvin, one while charging him to make the Sacrament *nothing but a symbol and memorial of Christs passion, and so no better (saith he) nay nor so good as a Crucifix, and yet else-where acknowledging that he maketh it not a sign only, but “a seal also confirming and sealing up Gods promises made in the Word.
True it is, I say these wordes of our Sauiour, This is my body, may as well be vnderstood figuratiuely, as those speeches are where the Rocke is called Christ, and when pointing to the pictures of Caesar and Alexander (it is the comparison that aAugustine vseth) we say, This is Caesar, and That is Alexander. And in Answer to the Obiection before recited; I say, that the Cup, that is, the wine in the Cup, is said to be the New Testament, as Circumcision the Couenant, because *