The grand debate between the most reverend bishops and the Presbyterian divines appointed by…

Did not Christ know the propriety of Sacraments better than we, and yet he delivered it in the plural number to all at once, with a [take ye, eat ye, drink ye [all of it]; we had rather study to be obedient to our Master, than to be wiser than he. 2. As God maketh the general Offer, which giveth to no man a personal interest, till his own acceptance first appropriate it; so it is fit, that the Minister that is Gods Agent, imitate him, when his example, and the reason of it so concern to engage us to it; Clemens Alexandr. Stromat. lib. 1. Prope. In it giveth a reason (as we understand him) for the contrary; that man being a free Agent, must be the chooser or refuser for himself,—[Greek or Hebrew]. Quemadmodum eucharistiam cum quidam, ut mos est diviserint, permittunt unicuique ex populo ejus partem sumere: and after rendereth this reason, [Greek or Hebrew] ad accuratè enim perfecteque eligendum ac fugiendum, optima est conscientia.

Did not Christ know the propriety of Sacraments better than we, and yet he delivered it in the plural number to all at once, with a [take ye, eat ye, drink ye [all of it]; we had rather study to be obedient to our Master, than to be wiser than he. 2. As God maketh the general Offer, which giveth to no man a personal interest, till his own acceptance first appropriate it; so it is fit, that the Minister that is Gods Agent, imitate him, when his example, and the reason of it so concern to ingage us to it; Clemens Alexandr. Stromat. lib. 1. Prope. In it giveth a reason (as we understand him) for the contrary; that man being a free Agent, must be the chooser or refuser for himself,—〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Quemadmodum eucharistiam cum quidam, ut mos est diviserint, permittunt unicuique ex populo ejus partem sumere: and after rendreth this reason, ad accuratè enim perfecteque eligendum ac fugiendum, optima est conscientia.