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, when the Doctrines of men go for Scriptures, you shall see how many Errors rush into the Church; for grant but this to ¹Pope Innocentius, as the Papists do, that the Bread and Wine are are changed into Christ's body: First it will follow, that Christ's body is not ascended up to Heaven, because it remaineth upon Earth, and so one of the Articles of our Faith shall be falsified, which saith, He is ascended into Heaven, or if he be ascended, ²and descended again, another Article will be falsified, ³which saith, That he sitteth at the right hand of his Father, that is, as Peter saith, he abideth in Heaven. Secondly, It will follow, ⁴that Christ hath not a true Body, but a fantastical Body, because it may be in many places at one time: for if his Body be in the Sacrament, he must needs have so many bodies as there ⟨p. 21⟩be Sacraments; nay, he must have so many bodies as there be bits in every Sacrament. Thirdly, It will follow, that his Body ⁵is divided from his Soul, and consequently is a dead Body, because the Bread is only changed into his Body, and not into his Soul. Fourthly, It will follow, that the wicked and profane, ⁶and reprobate, may receive Christ as well as the godly, because they have a Mouth to eat as well as the best. Fifthly, ⁷It will follow, that Christ's Sacrifice once for all, was not sufficient, because we must Sacrifice him again, and break his Body, ⁸and shed his Blood, as the Jews crucified him upon the Cross, Sixthly, It will follow, that the Bread being turned into the body ⁹