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Is this the Papists union with Christ? Is this the manner whereby we are made one flesh with Christ, to eat his flesh? nay, when he took our flesh unto him, and was made man, then we were united to him in the flesh, and not now. Christ took our flesh, we take not his flesh, but believe that he took ours, ⟨p. 107⟩therefore if you would know whether Christs body be in the sacrament,¹ I say unto you as Christ said unto Thomas, touch, feel, and see. In visible things God hath appointed our eyes to be judges, for as the spirit discerneth spiritual objects, so sense discerneth of sensible objects. As Christ taught Thomas to judge of his body, so may we, and so should they: therefore if you cannot see his body, nor feel his body, you may gather by Christs saying to Thomas, that he would not have you believe that it is his body,² for my body (saith Christ) may be seen and felt. And thus Transubstantiation is found a liar.

Is this the Papists vnion with Christ? Is this the manner whereby wee are made one flesh with Christ, to eate his flesh? nay, when hee tooke our flesh vnto him, and was made man, then we were vnited to him in the flesh, and not now. Christ tooke our flesh, we take not his flesh, but beleeue that he tooke ours, ⟨p. 107⟩therefore if you would know whether Christs bodie be in the sacrament,¹ I say vnto you as Christ said vnto Thomas, touch, feele, and see. In visible things God hath appointed our eyes to be iudges, for as the spirite discerneth spirituall obiects, so sense discerneth of sensible obiects. As Christ taught Thomas to iudge of his bodie, so may we, and so should they: therefore if you cannot see his body, nor feele his body, you may gather by Christes saying to Thomas, that hee would not haue you beleeue that it is his body,² for my bodie (saith Christ) may be seene and felt. And thus Transubstantiation is found a liar.