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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.
All that trust and affirm this change of the substance of bread 1and mine into the substance of Christs Body and Blood called Transubstantiation: do also say this change to be made by a certain form of prescript words, and none other. But what ⟨p. 12⟩they be that make the change, either of the one, or of the other: undoubtedly even they that do write most finely in these our days, almost confess plainly, that they can not tell. For although they grant to certain of the old authors, as Chrysostom, and Ambrose: that these words This is my body, are the words of consecration 2of the Sacrament of the body: yet say they, these words may well be so called, because they do assure us of the consecration thereof, whether it be done before these words be spoken or no.
All that trust and affirme this change of the substance of breade 1and mine into the substance of Christes Bodye and Blood called Transubstantiation: doo also say this change to be made by a certaine forme of prescripte woordes, and none other. But what ⟨p. 12⟩they be that make the change, either of the one, or of the other: vndoubtedlye euen they that doo write moste finelye in these our daies, almost confesse plainely, that they can not tel. For althoughe they graunt to certaine of the olde authors, as Chrisostom, and Ambrose: that these woords This is my body, are the woords of consecration 2of the Sacrament of the bodye: yet say they, these woords may wel be so called, because they doo assure vs of the cousecration therof, whether it be doon before these woords be spoken or no.
- 1The Papists, affirm they wot not what.The Papists, affirme they wot not what.
- 2