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A preparative to marriage The sum whereof was spoken at a contract, and enlarged…A preparatiue to mariage The summe whereof was spoken at a contract, and inlarged…
A preparative to marriage The sum whereof was spoken at a contract, and enlarged after. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of the Lords Supper, and another of usury. By Henry Smith.A preparatiue to mariage The summe whereof was spoken at a contract, and inlarged after. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of the Lords Supper, and another of vsurie. By Henrie Smith.
London: printed by Thomas Orwin for Thomas Man, 1591
A Treatise of the Lords Supper; in two Sermons. › The first Sermon.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Now we will enter the lists with our adversaries, and see whether these words do prove that the bread and wine are turned 1into Christs body. Paul saith, Jesus took bread: well then, yet it is bread: when he had taken it, then he blessed it, what did he bless? the bread which he took, 2well then, yet it is bread: when he had blessed it, then he brake it, what did he break? the bread which he blessed, well then, yet it is bread: when he had broken it, then he gave it, what did he give? the bread which he brake, ⟨image 74⟩well then, yet it is bread: when he had given it, then they did eat it, what did they eat? the bread which he gave them, well then, yet it is bread: when they did eat it, then he said, this is my body: what did he call his body? the bread which they did eat, well then, yet it is bread. If it be bread all this while, when he did take it, and bless it, and break it, & give it, and they did eat it, when is it turned into his body? here they stand like the Sadducees, as mute 3as fishes.
Now we will enter the lists with our aduersaries, and see whether these words doo proue that the bread and wine are turned 1into Christes bodye. Paule sayth, Iesus tooke bread: well then, yet it is bread: when he had taken it, then he blessed it, what did he blesse? the bread which he tooke, 2well then, yet it is bread: when he had blessed it, then he brake it, what did he breake? the bread which he blessed, well then, yet it is bread: when he had broken it, then he gaue it, what did he giue? the bread which he brake, ⟨image 74⟩well then, yet it is bread: when he had giuen it, then they did eate it, what did they eate? the bread which he gaue them, well then, yet it is bread: when they did eate it, then he sayd, this is my body: what did he call his body? the bread which they did eate, well then, yet it is bread. If it be bread all this while, when he did take it, and blesse it, and breake it, & giue it, and they did eate it, when is it turned into his body? heere they stande like the Sadduces, as mute