A Golden Chain

Reason IV. In the sacrament the body of Christ is received as it was crucified, & his blood as it was shed upon the cross: but now at this time Christs body crucified, remains still as a body, but not as a body crucified; because the act of crucifying is ceased. Therefore it is faith alone, that makes Christ crucified to be present unto us in the sacrament. Again, that blood which ran out of the feet and hands and side of Christ upon the cross, was not gathered up again and put into the veins: nay, the collection was needles, because after the resurrection, he lived no more a natural but a spiritual life: & none knows what is become of this blood. The Papist therefore can not say it is present under the form of wine locally: and we may better say it is received spiritually by faith, whose property is to give a being to things which are not.

Reason IV. In the sacrament the bodie of Christ is receiued as it was crucified, & his blood as it was shed vpon the crosse: but now at this time Christs bodie crucified, remaines still as a bodie, but not as a bodie crucified; because the act of crucifying is ceased. Therefore it is faith alone, that makes Christ crucified to be present vnto vs in the sacrament. Againe, that blood which ran out of the feete and hands and side of Christ vpon the crosse, was not gathered vp againe and put into the veines: nay, the collection was needles, because after the resurrection, he liued no more a naturall but a spirituall life: & none knowes what is become of this blood. The Papist therefore can not say it is present vnder the forme of wine locally: and we may better say it is receiued spiritually by faith, whose propertie is to giue a being to things which are not.

Reason V. 1. Cor. 10.3. The fathers of the old testament did eat the same spiritual meat, and drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of the rock which was Christ. Now they could not eat his body which was crucified, or drink his blood shed bodily, but by faith: because then his body and blood were not in nature. The Papists make answer, that the fathers did eat the same meat, and drink the same spiritual drink with themselves, not with us. But their answer is against the text. For the Apostles intent is to prove, that the Jews were every way equal to the Corinthians, because they did eat the same spiritual meat, and drank the same spiritual drink with the Corinthians; otherwise his reason proves not the point which he hath in hand, namely that the Israelites were nothing inferior to the Corinthians.