A55302:261
Christus in corde, or, The mystical union between Christ and believers considered in its…
Christus in corde, or, The mystical union between Christ and believers considered in its resemblances, bonds, seals, privileges and marks by Edward Polhil ..., Esq.Christus in corde, or, The mystical union between Christ and believers considered in its resemblances, bonds, seals, priviledges and marks by Edward Polhil ..., Esq.
London: printed by A.M. and R.R. for Tho. Cockerill, 1680
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.
In answer unto this, I shall offer some things.
As touching the Will of Christ, expressed in those words, This is my body. The Lutherans seem to stand for the [Greek or Hebrew], the Letter of the Text; but their Interpretation is not a literal one, (This) is not properly (in, with, and under this) in propriety (This is my body) is one thing, (in, with, and under, This is my body) is another; neither is their Interpretation true. Baptism is a Sacrament of the New Testament as well as the Lords Supper; as in the one, the blood of Christ is not in, with, and under the water; so in the other, the body is ⟨p. 220⟩not in, with and under the bread; the reason is alike in both Sacraments. If in the Eucharist the body be in, with, and under the bread, then the blood is in, with, and under the wine; consequently the blood is separate from the body. There is put upon Christ now in Glory, not to say, a second passion, but as many passions as there are Eucharists. It is not easy to imagine how the bread should be broken, and the body under it, not be so; or how the body should be broken on Earth, and at the same time glorious in Heaven; or how the same body at the same instant can be present in as many distant places as there are Eucharists in the world; or, if such a Presence might be, how the body could be finite, or indeed a body. All which strange Riddles the Lutherans must maintain to make good their opinion.
As touching the Will of Christ, expressed in those words, This is my body. The Lutherans seem to stand for the 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the Letter of the Text; but their Interpretation is not a litteral one, (This) is not properly (in, with, and under this) in propriety (This is my body) is one thing, (in, with, and under, This is my body) is another; neither is their Interpretation true. Baptism is a Sacrament of the New Testament as well as the Lords Supper; as in the one, the blood of Christ is not in, with, and under the water; so in the other, the body is ⟨p. 220⟩