The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved

1. There is a certainty that comes by sense,¹ which cannot err about its proper object, when there is a due distance, a fit disposition of the Organ, and the medium rightly disposed: thus Thomas was certain of Christs resurrection from the dead. John 20.25. The other Disciples said unto him, we have seen the Lord, but he said unto them, except I shall see in his hands the Print of the nails, and put my finger into the Print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. vers. 27. He saith to Thomas, reach hither thy finger and behold my hands, reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side, and be not faithless but believing. Vers. 28. And Thomas answered and said, my Lord, and my God. Though the other Disciples told him they had seen the Lord, yet he would not take it for a certainty from their report, except he had a certainty from his own sense. But the Papists do not only deny us a certainty of faith, but also a certainty of sense, for though in the Sacrament we see it is real bread, and taste it to be real bread, and feel and handle it as real bread, yet contrary to our sense, would have us believe, and say it is transubstantiated.

1. There is a certainty that comes by sense,¹ which cannot erre about its proper object, when there is a due distance, a fit disposition of the Organ, and the medium rightly disposed: thus Thomas was certain of Christs resurrection from the dead. John 20.25. The other Disciples said unto him, wee have seen the Lord, but hee said unto them, except I shall see in his hands the Print of the nailes, and put my finger into the Print of the nailes, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not beleeve. vers. 27. Hee saith to Thomas, reach hither thy finger and behold my hands, reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side, and bee not faithless but beleeving. Vers. 28. And Thomas answered and said, my Lord, and my God. Though the other Disciples told him they had seen the Lord, yet hee would not take it for a certainty from their report, except hee had a certainty from his own sense. But the Papists do not only deny us a certainty of faith, but also a certainty of sense, for though in the Sacrament wee see it is real bread, and tast it to bee real bread, and feel and handle it as real bread, yet contrary to our sense, would have us beleeve, and say it is transubstantiated.