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A Christian instruction, containing the law and the Gospel Also a summary of the…A Christian instruction, conteyning the law and the Gospell Also a summarie of the…

Name: A Christian instruction, containing the law and the Gospel Also a summary of the…
Author: Pierre Viret

A Christian instruction, containing the law and the Gospel Also a summary of the principal points of the Christian faith and religion, and of the abuses and errors contrary to the same. Done in certain dialogues in french, by M. Peter Viret, sometime minister of the Word of God at Nymes in Province. Translated by I.S. Seen and allowed according to the Queens Majesties injunctions.A Christian instruction, conteyning the law and the Gospell Also a summarie of the principall poyntes of the Christian fayth and religion, and of the abuses and errors contrary to the same. Done in certayne dialogues in french, by M. Peter Viret, sometime minister of the Word of God at Nymes in Prouince. Translated by I.S. Seene and allowed according to the Queenes Maiesties iniunctions.

Pierre Viret 1511–1571London: printed by Henry Bynneman? for Abraham Veale, 1573

[8], 400, 403-538 p. · 102k words · STC 24778 · ESTC S119199

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THE SUM OF the principal points of the Christian faith and Reli… › Chapter 40: Of the signification of the signs of bread and wine in the Supper, and of the agreemen…THE SVMME OF the principall pointes of the Christian faith and Reli… › Chapter 40: Of the signification of the signes of bread and wyne in the Supper, and of the agreemen…

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Of the signification of the signs of bread and wine in the Supper, and of the agreement and difference of them, with the things that they signify, and of the error of the popish transubstantiation. Chap. 40.

Of the signification of the signes of bread and wyne in the Supper, and of the agreemente and difference of them, with the things that they signifie, and of the error of the popish transubstantiation. Chap. 40.

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¹WE then take the bread & the wine, not for the proper body and blood of Jesus Christ, and the very natural substance of them, as if the bread and wine were transubstantiate and converted into that very body and blood, to eat and drink them bodily and carnally, or to worship them as Idols, in stead of Jesus Christ, as the Papists do: no more do we take them only as common bread and wine, but we hold them as very signs of that body and blood, which were given for us to death, and of the which we are spiritually made partakers in deed,² according to the testimony which Jesus Christ yieldeth unto us by his word, in this holy Sacrament: in the mean while the bread and the wine do no more change substance nor quality in the same, than doth the water in baptism, or the wax wherein the seal of the Prince is imprinted: also as the body and blood of Jesus Christ are not naturally nor bodily conjoined with them, but only in manner which is proper to sacraments, that manner is such, that albeit the sign be not the thing it self, which it doth signify, yet is it not without ⟨p. 41⟩

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Author

Pierre Viret 1511–1571

Place

London

Printer

Henry Bynneman?

Bookseller

Abraham Veale

Year

1573

Size

[8], 400, 403-538 p.

Words

101,544

Catalogue

STC 24778 · ESTC S119199

Text

EEBO-TCP A14463

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2,690

Sections

427

Title page

A Christian instruction, containing the law and the Gospel Also a summary of the…A Christian instruction, conteyning the law and the Gospell Also a summarie of the…

Of the signification of the signs of bread and wine in the Supper, and of the agreement and difference of them, with the things that they signify, and of the error of the popish transubstantiation. Chap. 40.

Of the signification of the signes of bread and wyne in the Supper, and of the agreemente and difference of them, with the things that they signifie, and of the error of the popish transubstantiation. Chap. 40.

Of the commemoration of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ in the Supper. Chap. 41.

Of the commemoration of the sacrifice of Iesus Christ in the Supper. Chap. 41.

Of the Supper, and of the Mass of the Papists, and of the principal points wherein it is different and contrary to the true Supper. Chap. 42.

Of the Supper, and of the Masse of the Papistes, and of the principall pointes wherin it is different and contrary to the true Supper. Chap. 42.

Of the proof that every man ought to make of him self, to communicate worthily at the supper, and of the things required in the same. Chap. 43.

Of the proofe that euery man oughte to make of him selfe, to communicate worthily at the supper, and of the things required in the same. Chap. 43.

Of the penance and sanctification of the Christians, and of the true original of the same, & of all good works. Chap. 44.

Of the penance and sanctification of the Christians, and of the true originall of the same, & of al good works. Chap. 44.

Of the true and Christian confession and absolution, and of the remission of sins. Chap. 45.

Of the true and Christian confession and absolution, and of the remission of sinnes. Chap. 45.

Of the power of ministers of the Church, to pardon or retain sins. Chap. 46

Of the power of ministers of the Church, to pardon or reteyne sinnes. Chap. 46

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

Of the signification of the signs of bread and wine in the Supper, and of the agreement and difference of them, with the things that they signify, and of the error of the popish transubstantiation. Chap. 40.

Of the signification of the signes of bread and wyne in the Supper, and of the agreemente and difference of them, with the things that they signifie, and of the error of the popish transubstantiation. Chap. 40.

Of the commemoration of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ in the Supper. Chap. 41.

Of the commemoration of the sacrifice of Iesus Christ in the Supper. Chap. 41.

Of the Supper, and of the Mass of the Papists, and of the principal points wherein it is different and contrary to the true Supper. Chap. 42.

Of the Supper, and of the Masse of the Papistes, and of the principall pointes wherin it is different and contrary to the true Supper. Chap. 42.

Of the proof that every man ought to make of him self, to communicate worthily at the supper, and of the things required in the same. Chap. 43.

Of the proofe that euery man oughte to make of him selfe, to communicate worthily at the supper, and of the things required in the same. Chap. 43.

Of the penance and sanctification of the Christians, and of the true original of the same, & of all good works. Chap. 44.

Of the penance and sanctification of the Christians, and of the true originall of the same, & of al good works. Chap. 44.

Of the true and Christian confession and absolution, and of the remission of sins. Chap. 45.

Of the true and Christian confession and absolution, and of the remission of sinnes. Chap. 45.

Of the power of ministers of the Church, to pardon or retain sins. Chap. 46

Of the power of ministers of the Church, to pardon or reteyne sinnes. Chap. 46

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