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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
Mr. FOX 2d Volume of Acts and Monuments, Edit. London, 1684.
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Glin. So I perceive you would have me to grant that the Sacrament is but a Figure, which Theophylactus doth deny.
Rochest. You say Truth, he denieth it indeed to be a Figure; but he meaneth, that it is not only a Figure.
Glin. Whereas St. Paul saith, That we being many, are one Bread, he speaketh not, nor meaneth one material Bread, as you do here, Ergo, he speaketh of heavenly Bread. And holy Chrysostom upon Matthew saith, That the Paschal Lamb was a Figure, but ⟨p. 35⟩the Mystery is the verity. For the Disciples would not have been offended to have drunk a figure of Christ's Blood, being well accustomed to figures. For Christ did not institute a figure for a figure, but the clear verity instead of the figure, as St. John saith, Grace and Verity was given by Christ. Dost thou see Bread? (saith Chrysostom) doth it avoid or pass as other meats do which we receive? God forbid. Ergo, &c.
Glin. Whereas St. Paul saith, That we being many, are one Bread, he speaketh not, nor meaneth one material Bread, as you do here, Ergo, he speaketh of heavenly Bread. And holy Chrysostome upon Matthew saith, That the Paschal Lamb was a Figure, but ⟨p. 35⟩the Mystery is the verity. For the Disciples would not have been offended to have drunk a figure of Christ's Blood, being well accustomed to figures. For Christ did not institute a figure for a figure, but the clear verity instead of the figure, as St. John saith, Grace and Verity was given by Christ. Dost thou see Bread? (saith Chrysostome) doth it avoid or pass as other meats do which we receive? God forbid. Ergo, &c.