Two very learned sermons of M. Beza, together with a short sum of the…Two very lerned sermons of M. Beza, togither with a short sum of the…

But these men take away the essential property of a thing, to wit, of a body which is to be circumscriptible or tied to ⟨p. 167⟩a place, which is in deed an essential property of the body of man, and therefore of Christs body as he is man, whilst they will have him, as he is man, in sundry places at one time. If any man will deny this, it may easily be proved both by their own writings in sundry places, and also by the definition of a body, which is a quantity that may be divided according to the threefold measuring received amongest men, that is, length, breadth, and thickness, and likewise by the description of a place, which is defined to be a nighness or touching of the thing containing and the thing contained. The conclusion therefore is, that in taking away place from the body of Christ (which they do, whilst they place it in every place, whereas in the nature thereof, it can be but in one place at one time) they do utterly destroy the body or humanity of Christ, or at the least confound it so with the Godhead, as Eutyches did, that they make a confusion (whereas in all trueth and uprightness, there should remain a distinction of the proprieties of either nature in his blessed person. But of ⟨p. 168⟩this enough in this place, because it is somewhat philosophical, and because also in the next section we shall have occasion to deal with the like.

But these men take away the essentiall propertie of a thing, to wit, of a bodie which is to be circumscriptible or tied to ⟨p. 167⟩a place, which is in deed an essentiall propertie of the bodie of man, and therefore of Christes bodie as hee is man, whilest they will haue him, as he is man, in sundrie places at one time. If anie man will denie this, it may easilie be prooued both by their owne writinges in sundrie places, and also by the definition of a bodie, which is a quantitie that may be diuided according to the threefold measuring receiued amongest men, that is, length, breadth, and thickenesse, and likewise by the description of a place, which is defined to be a nighnesse or touching of the thing conteining and the thing conteined. The conclusion therfore is, that in taking away place from the bodie of Christ (which they doo, whilest they place it in euerie place, whereas in the nature thereof, it can be but in one place at one time) they doo vtterlie destroie the bodie or humanitie of Christ, or at the least confound it so with the Godhead, as Eutyches did, that they make a confusion (whereas in all trueth and vprightnesse, there shoulde remaine a distinction of the proprieties of either nature in his blessed person. But of