A57277:214
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
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.
Before the Bread is sanctified, we name it Bread: but by the grace of God sanctifying the same, through the Ministry of the Priest, it is delivered from the Name of Bread, and is counted worthy to bear the Name of the Lord's Body, although the very substance of Bread notwithstanding do still remain therein, and now is taken not to be two Bodies, but one Body of the Son, &c.
Cyprian saith, Bread is made of many Grains. And is that natural Bread, and made of Wheat? Yea, it is so indeed.
The Book of Theodoret in Greek was lately printed at Rome, ⟨p. 40⟩which if it had not been his, it should not have been set forth there, especially seeing it is directly against Transubstantiation: For he saith plainly, That Bread still remaineth after the Sanctification.
Gelasius also is very plain in this manner: The Sacrament (saith he) which we receive of the Body and Blood of Christ, is a Divine Matter: By reason whereof, we are made partakers by the same of the Divine Nature, and yet it ceaseth not still to be the substance of Bread and Wine. And certes, the representation and similitude of the Body and Blood of Christ be celebrated in the action of the Mysteries, &c. After this, he recited certain places out of Augustine and Cyril, which were not noted.