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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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2. We reason from the express words of Scripture, wherein after Consecration there is said to be Bread and Wine in the Sacrament. aThe Bread which we break (saith the Apostle) is it not the Communion of Christs Body? It is apparent by the Story of the Institution that bConsecration goeth before fraction. The Bread is blessed, that is, consecrated, (for cthe Benediction is in truth the Consecration) before it be broken. But it is bread (saith the Apostle) even when it is broken. It is bread therefore still, even after it is consecrated. Yea, is it bread when it is broken? and is it not bread when it is eaten? Yes, if the Apostle may be credited; even when it is eaten 100. dFor as oft (saith he) as you ⟨p. 14⟩eat this bread, and, eWhosoever shall eat this bread unworthily. And, fLet a man therefore examine himself, and so eat of this bread. It is not so oft called Christs Body, but it is called bread as oft, even after it is consecrated, and by consecration made Symbolically and Sacramentally Christs body. The Apostle then telleth us of the one Element that it is bread even after it is consecrated: and of the other our Saviour himself saith that it is wine. For after that he had delivered them the Consecrated Cup, he telleth them that gHe will drink no more of this Fruit of the Vine, &c. Now the fruit of the vine what is it but wine? There was wine (saith Augustine) in the mystery of our redemption, when our Saviour said; I will drink no more of this fruit of the vine. And yet was that after consecration that he spake it. And if it be wine still, then sure it is not essentially Christs blood, howsoever it may well be symbolically, as we say.