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…

Name: Two very learned sermons of M. Beza, together with a short sum of the…
Author: Theodore Beza

Two very learned sermons of M. Beza, together with a short sum of the sacrament of the Lords Supper: Whereunto is added a treatise of the substance of the Lords Supper, wherein is briefly and soundly discussed the p[r]incipall points in controversy, concerning that question. By T.W.Two very lerned sermons of M. Beza, togither with a short sum of the sacrament of the Lordes Supper: Wherevnto is added a treatise of the substance of the Lords Supper, wherin is breflie and soundlie discussed the p[r]incipall points in controuersie, concerning that question. By T.W.

Theodore Beza 1519–1605London: printed by Robert Walde-grave for T. Man, 1588London: printed by Robert Walde-graue for T. Man, 1588

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:190p. 208–212§2

And yet for the doing of this, we do not pull Christs body out of heaven, or else imagine either Transubstantiation, or any such like devise, but only think upon and believe, the sacramental conjunction of the sign, and the thing signified, for those things can not stand with the trueth of Christs manhood, as hath been before showed, neither indeed are they necessary to salvation, ⟨p. 209⟩because that to the end, we may be made partakers of christ, it is not of necessity required, that his body should be really present upon earth, but it rather behooveth us, by the power of the Holy ghost, and through faith, to mount up into heaven, and there to lay hold of him, that we may sit with him in the heavenly places, which in this life can not be performed in any other sort, than in a spiritual manner, and through faith, which faith is begotten and confirmed in us by the holy-ghost, whereunto he useth as instruments, the preaching of Gods word, and the administration and participation of the Sacraments, by which all our senses, are even as it were, provoked and pressed, wholly to possess Christ himself. So that you see I do figuratively expound these words, and not grossly, whereunto I am drawn also, partly by the very dealing of the Papists themselves, who do not, either in the wine of the supper, the other part of this Sacrament, either in Baptism, the other Sacrament of the church (which two alone God hath given unto it) acknowledge any such gross Transubstantiation […] ⟨p. 212⟩of in our corruption, we hardly conceiving it now in our regeneration & new birth, so could it not have bin performed in the godhead alone. Not that I mean, that GOD was not able to have forgiven the sins of his people, and to have released them from condemnation, and restored them to everlasting life, but that GOD could not by suffering, because his essence and nature, is altogether impassible, have suffered any thing for our redemption.

And yet for the dooing of this, we do not pull Christes bodie out of heauen, or else imagine either Transubstantiation, or any such like deuise, but onely thinke vpon and beleeue, the sacramentall coniunction of the signe, and the thing signified, for those thinges can not stand with the trueth of Christes manhoode, as hath beene before shewed, neither indeede are they necessarie to saluation, ⟨p. 209⟩

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