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A declaration of Christ and of his office compiledA declaration of Christe and of his offyce compylyd
A declaration of Christ and of his office compiled, by Johan Hopper, anno 1547A declaration of Christe and of his offyce compylyd, by Johan Hoper, anno 1547
printed by Augustine Fries, 1547printed by Augustyne Fries, 1547
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he spake of his body doubtless and human nature for he commandeth us to believe that his godhead is every where as David saith. and as he saith, my father and Jamone likewise, he told them be plain words Math. the last capi. that he would be with them unto the end of the world. Christ having but too natures one divine and the other humane by these express words now he declareth to be present with the one, and absent with the other. these things marked I put this matter incomprysse to be judged of every humble and charitable spirited man, who judgeth aright of the body of Christ those that say bodily he is not in the sacrament, or these that say he is bodily and corporally there. If he be there corporally and bodily as they say. Why ⟨image 58⟩shall I not believe these words: Ecce hic: ecce illic, and say Christ lieth that said believe them not that say lo here is my body or there is my body Christ having God experience of the devil's subtlety, that he would intoxicate the wit of man with more subtle reasons then the simple hart could eschew prepared of his mercy a means to preserve the faith of the simple and against the sophistical and crafty reason of the devil God calleth man to the judgment of his senses, and saith reason what they will of my body and say it is here or there, substantially bodily corporally: believe them not, trust to thine lye for as the lightning sensible cometh from the est into the west, so shall the coming of the son of man be. how so? Turned into fire. no: so visible and sensible, God wist right well when he called man from reason to the judgment of his senses. what Doctors ⟨image 58⟩and doctrine should follow of his sensible body one to change a cake into his body, and an other to teach though the cake be not his body, yet is his body present corporally substantially, really, bodily, the same body that hanged upon the cross and is given by hand, with the bred. Under the bred and in the hred, and yet insensible.
he spake of his body doutles and humaine nature for he commaundith us to belyue that his godhed is eueri where as Dauid sayth. and as he sayth, my father and Iamone likwyce, he told thē be playne wordes Math. the last capi. that he would be with them unto the end of the worold. Christ hauing but too natures one deuine and the other humane by these expresse wordes now he declarithe to be present with the one, and absent with the other. these thinges markyd I put this mater incomprysse to be iudgid of euery humble and cheritable sprytyd man, who iudgithe aright of the body of Christ those that say bodely he is not in the sacramēt, or these that say he is bodely and corporalli there. If he be there corporally and bodely as they say. Why