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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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But neither are those words of our Saviour to be understood of any such corporal eating and drinking: nor doth Christ at all in that whole Discourse speak of the Sacrament of the Eucharist; which was not then as yet instituted, but of feeding on him spiritually by faith, which is done not in the Sacrament only, but out of it also.
But neither are those words of our Sauiour to be vnderstood of any such corporall eating and drinking: nor doth Christ at all in that whole Discourse speake of the Sacrament of the Eucharist; which was not then as yet instituted, but of feeding on him spiritually by faith, which is done not in the Sacrament onely, but out of it also.
And first, that the place is not to be understood of any such corporal eating and drinking, it is apparent.
And first, that the place is not to bee vnderstood of any such corporall eating and drinking, it is aparent.
For it is a good and a sure Rule that Augustine giveth: mIf in any precept some heinous or flagitious thing seem to be enjoined, you may thereby know it to be a figurative speech. I need not apply this general Rule to the point in hand; Augustine doth it for me. He instanceth in that very particular that we now treat of. nUnless you eat (saith he) the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. It seemeth to enjoin an heinous and flagitious thing. It is a figurative speech therefore, commanding us to communicate with Christs passion, and sweetly and profitably to lay up in our memory, that his flesh was crucified and wounded for us. So that this place by Augustine's Rule, and his own application of it is to be understood figuratively, and doth not therefore infer any corporal feeding.