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]…

Answer. ⟨image 155⟩I set down therefore first of all that which is most true, that the body of Christ is truly an organical and a natural body, the which nature he had neither then put of, when he instituted the supper, neither afterwards did his glory take it away from him. I set down also this, that Christ properly is said, according to the flesh, too be ascended, that is, gone out of the earth upwards, above the heavens, having changed the situation of his place. I set down also this third thing, too wit, that he shall not return from thence whether he ascended, before that day wherein he is looked for too come again. These grounds being thus laid, so I gather: If that bread be properly that very body, and that Wine properly that very blood, Yea further, if the Body and Blood be properly in, under, or with the bread and wine, they are then in the same being and occupying of a room, and in very deed are ⟨image 156⟩also present together, and in the self same moment there is present in as many places that same body and that same blood, as that same bread and that same wine are present. But this thing and they hold not in any form of argument or reason. But they are most certain. Both these opinions therefore, seeing they are against the analogy of Faith, are false. Notwithstanding both are witnessed in the holy scriptures, both therefore of necessity must be true. But two contradictories, if they be properly taken, can not be true. Of these therefore of necessity, one must be taken properly, the other figuratively.