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A brief declaration of the Lords Supper with some other determinations and disputations concerning…
A brief declaration of the Lords Supper with some other determinations and disputations concerning the same argument by the same author / written by Dr. Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London during his imprisonment ; to which is annexed an extract of several passages to the same purpose out of a book entitled Diallacticon, written by Dr. John Poynet.A brief declaration of the Lords Supper with some other determinations and disputations concerning the same argument by the same author / written by Dr. Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London during his imprisonment ; to which is annexed an extract of several passages to the same purpose out of a book intituled Diallacticon, written by Dr. John Poynet.
London: printed for Richard Chiswell, 1688
A BRIEF DECLARATION OF THE Lords Supper.A BREEFE DECLARATION OF THE Lordes Supper.
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.
For the heavenly bread (saith he) speaking of the Sacramental bread by some manner of speech is called Christs body, when in very deed it is the sacrament of his body, &c.
For the heauenly bread (saith he) speakinge of the Sacramentall breade by some maner of speach is called Christes body, when in very deed it is the sacramente of his body, &c.
What can be more plain, or more clearly spoken, then are these places of S. Augustine before rehearsed, if men were not obstinately bent to maintain an untruth, and to receive nothing whatsoever doth set it forth. Yet one place more of S. Augustine will I allege, which is very clear to this purpose, that Christs natural body is in heaven, and not here corporally in the Sacrament, and so let him depart.
What can be more plaine, or more cleerly spoken, then are these places of S. Augustine before rehearsed, if men were not obstinately bent to maintaine an vntrueth, and to receiue nothinge whatsoeuer dooth set it foorthe. Yet one place more of S. Augustine wil I alleage, which is very cleare to this purpose, that Christes naturall body is in heauen, and not heer corporally in the Sacrament, and so let him departe.
In his 50. treatise, which he writeth upon John. he teacheth plainly and clearly how Christ being both God and man, is both here, after a certain manner, and yet in heaven, and not here in his natural body and substance, which he took of the blessed Virgin Mary: speaking thus of Christ and saying: By his divine Majesty, by his providence and by his unspeakable and invincible grace that is fulfilled which he spake: Behold, I am with you unto the end of the World. But as concerning his flesh which he took in his incarnation, as touching that which was borne of the Virgin as concerning that which was apprehended by the Jews and crucified upon a tree, and taken down from the cross, lapped in linen clothes, and buried, and rose again, and appeared after his resurrection, as concerning the flesh, he said; ye shall not ever have me with you. Why so? For as concerning his flesh, he was conversant with his Disciples xl. days, and they accompanying, seeing and not following him, he went up into heaven, and is not here. By the presence of his divine majesty he did not depart; as concerning the presence of his divine majesty, we have Christ ever with us; but as concerning the presence of his flesh, he said truly to his disciples; ye shall not ever have me with you. For as concerning the presence of his flesh, the Church had him but a few days; now it holdeth him by Faith, though it see him not.