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Aphorisms of Christian religionAphorismes of Christian religion
Aphorisms of Christian religion: or, a very compendious abridgement of M. I. Calvins Institutions set forth in short sentences methodically by M. I. Piscator: and now Englished according to the authors third and last edition, by H. Holland.Aphorismes of Christian religion: or, a verie compendious abridgement of M. I. Calvins Institutions set forth in short sentences methodically by M. I. Piscator: and now Englished according to the authors third and last edition, by H. Holland.
London: printed by Richard Field and Robert Dexter, 1596
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And whereas yet they say, that albeit Christs body be in heaven visible, yet this letteth not, but that it may be in the Sacramental bread in an invisible manner: first they can not prove this by the Scriptures, ⟨p. 166⟩next they speak flat contradictories against themselves, when as they say that Christ is in the bread really, substantially, corporally; if that be so, he must be there also in a visible manner. For whatsoever humane body is any where substantially, the same is there also visibly. For this visibility is a property, which can not be severed from the substance of mans body. For this cause Christ when he appeared after his resurrection to his Apostles, & desired to aprove that his very body was there present substantially, he reasoneth (if so I may speak) from the *visibility and *palpability thereof; and so appealeth to the very senses of his Disciples, that they might testify the truth of his resurrection.
And whereas yet they say, that albeit Christs body be in heauen visible, yet this letteth not, but that it may be in the Sacramentall bread in an inuisible manner: first they can not proue this by the Scriptures, ⟨p. 166⟩next they speake flat contradictories against themselues, when as they say that Christ is in the bread really, substantially, corporally; if that be so, he must be there also in a visible manner. For whatsoeuer humane bodie is any where substātially, the same is there also visibly. For this visibilitie is a propertie, which cā not be seuered from the substaunce of mans bodie. For this cause Christ when he appeared after his resurrection to his Apostles, & desired to