A65300:74
The holy Eucharist, or, The mystery of the Lords Supper briefly explained
The holy Eucharist, or, The mystery of the Lords Supper briefly explained by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed by A. Maxwell for Thomas Parkhurst, 1668
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
2. It runs men inevitably upon sin; for through this mistake, that the bread is Christs very body, there follows the [Greek or Hebrew], or Divine Worship given to the bread, which is Idolatry; as also the offering up of the bread, or Host in the Mass, which is a blasphemy against Christs Priestly Office*, as if his Sacrifice on the Cross were imperfect.
2. It runs men inevitably upon sin; for through this mistake, that the bread is Christs very body, there follows the 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, or Divine Worship given to the bread, which is Idolatry; as also the offering up of the bread, or Host in the Mass, which is a blasphemy against Christs Priestly Office*, as if his Sacrifice on the Cross were imperfect.
Therefore I conclude with Peter Martyr, That this Doctrine of Transubstantiation is to be abhorred and exploded, being minted only in mens fancies, but not sprung up in the field of the Holy Scriptures.
Therefore I conclude with Peter Martyr, That this Doctrine of Transubstantiation is to be abhorred and exploded, being minted only in mens phancies, but not sprung up in the field of the Holy Scriptures.