A65285:2841
A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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8. This is my Body.] These Words, Hoc est Corpus meum, have been much controverted between us and the Papists. This is my Body, that is, by a Metonymy, It is a Sign and Figure of my Body. The Papists hold Transubstantiation, that the Bread is after Consecration turned into the very Substance of Christ's Body. We say we receive Christ's Body Spiritually, they say they receive Christ's Body Carnally, which is contrary to Scripture. The Scripture affirms, that the Heavens ⟨p. 414⟩must receive Christ's Body until the times of the restitution of all things, Acts 3.21. Christ's Body cannot be at the same time in Heaven and in the Host. Aquinas saith, It is not possible by any Miracle that a Body should be locally in two places at once. Besides, it is absurd to imagine, that the Bread in the Sacrament should be turned into Christ's Flesh, and that his Body which was hung before, should be made again of Bread. So that This is my Body, is as if Christ had said, This is a Sign and Representation of my Body.
8. This is my Body.] These Words, Hoc est Corpus meum, have been much controverted between us and the Papists. This is my Body, that is, by a Metonymy, It is a Sign and Figure of my Body. The Papists hold Transubstantiation, that the Bread is after Consecration turn'd into the very Substance of Christ's Body. We say we receive Christ's Body Spiritually, they say they receive Christ's Body Carnally, which is contrary to Scripture. The Scripture affirms, that the Heavens ⟨p. 414⟩must receive Christ's Body until the times of the restitution of all things, Acts 3.21. Christ's Body cannot be at the same time in Heaven and in the Host. Aquinas saith, It is not possible by any Miracle that a Body should be locally in two places at once. Besides, it is absurd to imagine, that the Bread in the Sacrament should be turned into Christ's Flesh, and that his Body which was hung before, should be made again of Bread. So that This is my Body, is as if Christ had said, This is a Sign and Representation of my Body.