An account of a disputation at Oxford, anno dom. 1554 with A treatise of…

Dunse saith in these words of Christ This is my Body, that this Pronoun Demonstrative, meaning the word (this) if you will know what it doth show or demonstrate whether the Bread that Christ took, or no, he answereth no, but only one thing in substance it pointeth, whereof the nature or name it doth not tell, but leaveth that to be determined and told by That that followeth the word [is] that is by the Praedicatum as the Logicians doth speak; and therefore he calleth this pronoun demonstrative Individuumvagum, that is, a wandering proper name, whereby we may point out, and show any one thing in substance, whatsoever ⟨p. 23⟩it be. That this Imagination is untruly applied unto those words of Christ- this is my Body, and the vanity thereof, may appear plainly by the words of Luke and Paul, said upon the Cup in Matthew and Mark. For as upon the Bread it is said of all this is my Body, so of Matthew and Mark it is said of the Cup - this is my Blood. Then if in the words - this is my Body the word This be, as Dunse calls it, a wandering name to appoint and show forth any one thing where of the name or nature it doth not tell, so must it be likewise in those words of Matthew and Mark upon the Lords Cup-this is my Blood. But in the words of Matthew and Mark, it signifieth and pointeth out the same that it doth in the Lords words upon the Cup in Luke, and Paul, when it is said - This Cup is the New Testament in my Blood. Therefore in Matthew and Mark the pronoun Demonstrative This doth not wander to point one thing in substance not showing what it is, but telleth it plainly what it is no less in Matthew and Mark unto the Eye, then is done in Luke, and Paul by putting to this word Cup both unto the Eye and to the Ear. For taking the Cup and demonstrating, or showing it unto his Disciples by this pronoun Demonstrative - This, and saying unto them Drink ye all of this, it was then all one to say - This is my Blood, as to say, This Cup is my Blood, meaning by the Cup, as the nature of the speech doth require, the thing contained in the Cup. So likewise, without all doubt, when Christ had taken bread, given thanks, and broken it, and giving it to his Disciples said - Take, Eat, and so demonstrating and showing that Bread which he had in his Hands, to say then This is my Body, and to have said This Bread is my Body is all one thing;

Dunse saith in these words of Christ This is my Body, that this Pronoun Demonstrative, meaning the word (this) if you will know what it doth show or demonstrate whether the Bread that Christ took, or no, he answereth no, but only one thing in substance it pointeth, whereof the nature or name it doth not tell, but leaveth that to be determined and told by That that followeth the word [is] that is by the Praedicatum as the Logicians doth speak; and therefore he calleth this pronoun demonstrative Individuumvagum, that is, a wandring proper name, whereby we may point out, and shew any one thing in substance, whatsoever