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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
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The First Ground.
This Transubstantiation is clean against the words of the Scripture, and consent of the ancient Catholic Fathers. The Scripture saith, I will not drink hereafter of this fruit of the Vine, &c. Now the fruit of this Vine is Wine. And it is manifest that Christ spake these words after the Supper was finished, as it appeareth both in Matthew, Mark, and also in Luke, if they be well understood. There be not many places of Scripture that do confirm this thing, neither is it greatly material: for it is enough if there be any one plain testimony for the same. Neither ought it to be measured by the number of Scriptures, but by the Authority, and by the verity of the same. And the Majesty of this verity is as ample in one short sentence of the Scripture, as in a thousand.
This Transubstantiation is clean against the words of the Scripture, and consent of the ancient Catholick Fathers. The Scripture saith, I will not drink hereafter of this fruit of the Vine, &c. Now the fruit of this Vine is Wine. And it is manifest that Christ spake these words after the Supper was finished, as it appeareth both in Matthew, Mark, and also in Luke, if they be well understood. There be not many places of Scripture that do confirm this thing, neither is it greatly material: for it is enough if there be any one plain testimony for the same. Neither ought it to be measured by the number of Scriptures, but by the Authority, and by the verity of the same. And the Majesty of this verity is as ample in one short sentence of the Scripture, as in a thousand.
Moreover, Christ took Bread, he gave Bread. In the Acts, Luke calleth it Bread. So Paul calleth it Bread after the Sanctification. Both of them speak of breaking, which belongeth to the Substance of Bread, and in no wise to Christ's Body, for the Scripture saith, Ye shall not break a bone of him. Christ saith, Do ye this in my remembrance. And again, As often as ye shall drink of this Cup, do it in remembrance of me. And our Saviour Christ in the sixth of John, speaking against the Capernaites, saith, Labour for the meat that perisheth not. And when they asked, What shall we do that we may work the works of God? He answered them thus, This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent. You see how he exhorteth them to faith, For Faith is that work of God. Again, This is that Bread which came down from Heaven. But Christs Body came not down from Heaven. Moreover, He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. My flesh (saith he) is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. When they