because they are joined together by means of the head.
III. It holdeth that the guilt and fault of sin may be remitted by Christ: and yet the temporal punishment of sin be unremitted: but these are quite contrary. Paul saith,1 there is now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. Yet if a man were punished for his sin after he were in Christ, and had the fault of sin remitted, some condemnation should now remain him. And David saith, Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth no sin:2 therefore he to whom the Lord imputeth no sin, hath not only the guilt of sin, but also the punishment of his sin remitted: otherwise he could not be blessed but miserable. and this agreeth not with gods justice, when the fault is quite pardoned, and a man is guilty of no sin, that then any punishment should ⟨p. 654⟩be laid on. And S. Austin saith,3 that Christ by taking upon him the punishment of sin, and not taking upon him the fault, took away both the punishment and the fault. Wherefore this opinion, that Christ hath taken away the guilt of sin, overthroweth all Satisfactions & Purgatory, because the fault & guilt being taken away, all punishment for sin is also taken away.
IV. Transubstantiation is a monster, standing on manifold contradictions. First, it maketh Christs body to be in many places: an evident contradiction. For it is of the nature and essence of a body to be in one place only: which I prove thus. A body is a magnitude, a magnitude is a continued quantity, a continued quantity cannot be but in one place: therefore a body cannot be but in one place. In his argument the doubt is only of the last part: which undoubtedly is most true. For it is called a continued quantity, because his parts are continued and knit together the one with another in a common term or bond, as a line by a point, a plane and his parts by a line, a solid by a Superficies or plane. Now these points can in no wise be continued, unless every one of them keep one only special place. For examples sake: suppose the plane, a, b, c, d, to be divided into three
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parts, I, k, l, by two lines, e, g, and f, h, which do both divide the three parts & continue them the one with the other. Now I say, that every one of the parts may be continued with his next fellow, it is necessary that every one of them should have one special and distinct place.
because they are ioyned together by meanes of the head.
III. It holdeth that the guilt and fault of sinne may be remitted by Christ: and yet the temporall punishment of sin be vnremitted: but these are quite contrarie. Paul saith,1 there is now no condēnation to them that are in Christ Iesus. Yet if a man were punished for his sinne after he were in Christ, and had the fault of sinne remitted, some condemnation should now remaine him. And Dauid saith, Blessed is the man to whome the Lord imputeth no sinne:2 therefore he to whome the Lord imputeth no sinne, hath not onely the guilt of sin, but also the punishment of his sinne remitted: otherwise he could not be blessed but miserable. and this agreeth not with gods iustice, whē the fault is quite pardoned, and a man is guiltie of no sinne, that then any punishment should ⟨p. 654⟩be laid on. And S. Austin saith,3 that Christ by taking vpon him the punishment of sin, and not taking vpon him the fault, tooke away both the punishment and the fault. Wherefore this opinion, that Christ hath taken away the guilt of sin, ouerthroweth all Satisfactions & Purgatorie, because the fault & guilt beeing taken away, all punishment for sinne is also taken away.
IV. Transubstantiation is a monster, standing on manifold contradictions. First, it maketh Christs bodie to be in many places: an euident contradiction. For it is of the nature and essence of a bodie to be in one place onely: which I proue thus. A bodie is a magnitude, a magnitude is a continued quātitie, a cō tinued quantitie cannot be but in one place: therfore a bodie cannot be but in one place. In his argument the doubt is onely of the last part: which vndoubtedly is most true. For it is called a continued quātitie, because his parts are cō tinued and knit togither the one with another in a common tearme or bonde, as a line by a point, a plane and his parts by a line, a solide by a Superficies or plane. Nowe these points can in no wise bee continued, vnlesse euery one of them keepe one onely speciall place. For examples sake: suppose the plane, a, b, c, d, to be deuided into three
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parts, I, k, l, by two lines, e, g, and f, h, which do both deuide the three parts & continue thē the one with the other. Now I say, that euery one of the partes may be cōtinued with his next fellow, it is necessary that euery one of them should haue one special and distinct place.
- 1Rom. •.1.
- 2Psal. 32.1.
- 3August. de verb. Domi. Ser. 37.
