A60427:40
Transubstantiation examined and confuted in two sermons on the Lord's Supper / preached in…Transusbstantiation examin'd and confuted in two sermons on the Lord's Supper / preach'd in…
Transubstantiation examined and confuted in two sermons on the Lord's Supper / preached in the reign of Queen Elizabeth by H. Smith, sometime preacher at St. Clement Danes.Transusbstantiation examin'd and confuted in two sermons on the Lord's Supper / preach'd in the reign of Queen Elizabeth by H. Smith, sometime preacher at St. Clement Danes.
London: printed by J. Wallis, 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.
After he had said so, they murmured not, because they did see some reason in it, as it is plainly said, This is my Body: so it 1is plainly said, These words. are spirit: that is, they must be understood spiritually, and not literally.
But if it be Flesh indeed, why do they not satisfy the simple people how they may eat this Flesh in Lent, when they forbid them to eat any Flesh, they must needs eat it doubtfully, and he which doubteth, saith James, receiveth nothing: therefore he which eateth the Mass, receiveth nothing.
I did not allege the Fathers in my Sermon, but if any suspend his assent, till they bring in their verdict, let him hear them make confession of their belief.
I did not alledge the Fathers in my Sermon, but if any suspend his assent, till they bring in their verdict, let him hear them make confession of their belief.