A10233:59
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…
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.
London: printed by Robert Walde-grave for T. Man, 1588London: printed by Robert Walde-graue for T. Man, 1588
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And this (that is to say, This wine contained in this cup) is my blood. By the way, I will put you in mind of one thing,1 least any man might be offended because I say not This is my blood, in the masculine gender, but This is my blood, in the neuter gender, referring it either to the wine, which is the ⟨p. 62⟩neuter gender in Latin; or to the cup, containing the wine, which in Greek is the neuter gender also: for though I love not to strive about words, yet this point is well worthy the marking. Certainly he that saith: Hic est sanguis meus, in the masculine gender, that is, This is my blood, doth point to, or show forth nothing but his blood. But it is certain, that as before Christ did not propound his body unto his disciples without bread, so even in this other part when Christ said so, he would not set his blood before his disciples without wine. Therefore this Greek Pronoun [Greek or Hebrew] being of the neuter gender, must needs be referred to the sign (that is to say [Greek or Hebrew], the cup, which is therefore expressly put down in Paul) concerning which, or of which, the blood it self may be spoken: whereupon this ariseth, that the Greek Pronoun [Greek or Hebrew], this, cannot declare any other matter or thing than this, that is to say, this thing or matter, which I hold in my hands, to wit, the wine that is contained in this cup, which indeed cannot be expressed by this word, Hic, a Pronoun of the ⟨p. 63⟩masculine gender, as the meanest Grammarians may well and easily perceive.2 But to return to the matter: By these things you may perceive, what we understand by the name or word of the thing it self, or by the term trueth, sacramentally signified, namely the body & blood of the Lord Jesus.
And this (that is to say, This wine conteined in this cup) is my bloud. By the way, I will put you in minde of one thing,1 least anie man might be offended because I say not This is my bloud, in the masculine gender, but This is my bloud, in the neuter gender, referring it either to the wine, which is the