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…

Now, if you ask me why Christ calleth the sign by the name ¹of the thing it self, I ask thee again; Mayest thou say when thou seest the picture of the Queen, this is the Queen, and when thou seest the picture of a Lyon, this is a Lyon? and may not Christ say when he seeth a thing like his body, This is my Body?

Now, if you ask me why Christ calleth the sign by the name ¹of the thing it self, I ask thee again; Maist thou say when thou seest the picture of the Queen, this is the Queen, and when thou seest the picture of a Lyon, this is a Lyon? and may not Christ say when he seeth a thing like his body, This is my Body?

1. 1Why Christ calleth the Bread his Body.

I showed you before, that every Sacrament is called by the name of the thing which it doth signify, and therefore why should we stumble at this more then the rest? The reason why the signs have the name of the things, is to strike a deeper reverence in us, to receive this Sacrament of Christ reverently, sincerely, and holily, as if that Christ were there present in body and blood himself,

I shewed you before, that every Sacrament is called by the name of the thing which it doth signifie, and therefore why should we stumble at this more then the rest? The reason why the signs have the name of the things, is to strike a deeper reverence in us, to receive this Sacrament of Christ reverently, sincerely, and holily, as if that Christ were there present in body and blood himself,