A10170:827
The other part of Christian questions and answers which is concerning the sacraments, writ[n]…The other parte of Christian questions and answeares which is concerning the sacraments, writte[n]…
The other part of Christian questions and answers which is concerning the sacraments, writ[n] by Theodore Beza Vezelian: to which is added a large table of the same questions. Translated out of Latin into English by John Field.The other parte of Christian questions and answeares which is concerning the sacraments, writte[n] by Theodore Beza Vezelian: to which is added a large table of the same questions. Translated out of Latine into Englishe by Iohn Field.
London: printed by Thomas Dawson for Thomas Woodcocke, 1580
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
199. Question.
Therefore unworthy Ministers do also minister the whole sacrament.
Therefore vnworthy Ministers doe also minister the whole sacrament.
Answer. I grant it.
Answeare. I graunt it.
Question. Therefore they also that come unworthily, do receive the whole Sacrament, seeing they receive that that is ministered.
Question. Therefore they also that come vnwoorthily, doe receyue the whole Sacrament, seeyng they receiue that that is ministred.
Answer. I have oftentimes greatly marvelled at the efficacy of the spirit of error in this plain Sophistical conclusion. But one error hath brought forth an other. For this being granted, that both two, that is to say, aswell the Elements as the thing signified, that is, that Christ is given with his gifts to the body and too all, they have concluded, that he that receiveth the Elements, receiveth also the thing. But this ground of theirs is most false. For neither the matter of the Sacrament (that is to say, Christ himself) is offered to the hands and to the mouth, but to the mind and faith, to wit too be laid hold upon spiritually as the bodily