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…

Now then, if the real taking of all infirmities upon himself (sin only excepted) hath taken nothing at all from his glory,¹ or impaired and lessened the same, how much less hath this done it, that he hath for ever taken, together with very flesh, the very proprieties of flesh, and that unchangeably, and without confounding? But they object further,² that they mean not to abolish those proprieties. Then they must needs attribute contrary things, to one and the self-same subject, & that altogether in one and the self-same respect, to wit, to be circumscribed and tied to a place, which is the natural property of ⟨p. 77⟩an instrumental body,³ and yet notwithstanding, at one and the self-same time to be both in heaven, and in innumerable places, or else, every where, if you will, in earth: and so one and the self-same flesh shall have a quantity set it, and also be without quantity, that is to say, shall be both a body, and not a body. And what is this else, I pray you, but to make every thing of any thing, as we commonly say? but let us hear what they do yet further object.⁴ They will have that time that went before the glorifying of our saviour Christs flesh, to be distinguished from that time, in which that his flesh was received up into glory. We grant it:⁵ but withal we say, that if this real conjunction of the flesh with the bread, do depend of the glorification of Christs flesh, it §1can have no place, in that first institution of the supper, because this flesh was §2not as then glorified, but rather most nigh to debasing & humbling. Besides this flesh is offered unto us at this present to be partaken by us, not as glorious or glorified,⁶