A69075:1996
Christian religion
Christian religion: substantially, methodically[e,] [pla]inlie, and profitably treatisedChristian religion: substantially, methodicalli[e,] [pla]inlie, and profitablie treatised
London: printed by Felix Kingston for Thomas Man, 1611
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.
They ate and drank the bread and wine, not laying or hanging it up, or worshipping it, as do the Papists.
They ate and dranke the bread and wine, not laying or hanging it vp, or worshipping it, as doe the Papists.
It seemeth they have the words of Christ to lead them to the worship of them; seeing he saith of the bread, that it is his body, and of the wine, that it is his blood; and there is nothing impossible unto God.
It seemeth they haue the words of Christ to lead them to the worship of them; seeing he saith of the bread, that it is his body, and of the wine, that it is his blood; and there is nothing impossible vnto God.
The words of eating and drinking, do properly belong to the outward elements of bread and wine, and by a borrowed speech do unproperly belong to the body and blood of Christ; considering, that as the Sacrament of Baptism doth seal unto us a spiritual regeneration: so the Lords supper, a spiritual feeding. And even as well the body and blood of Christ is in baptism given us for clothing, as they are given in the Lords supper for nourishment. And as for that which is alleged of the possibility of ⟨p. 190⟩God to do all things; we answer, that the question is here, not of the power, but of the will of God, what he will have done. Besides, that God cannot do those things, in doing whereof he should contradict himself.1 And therefore the Scripture feareth not (without dishonour to God) to say, that he cannot lie, nor cannot deny himself.