And therefore when the ancient doctors did speak of change and conversion of the signs into the same, they understood none other, as I have showed and proved very plainly, and by good testimonies of the ancient doctors them selves in other treatises of mine. For every change and every conversion of one thing into an other carieth not with it at all transubstantiation of one substance into an other. For there may be change, without conversion of ⟨image 22⟩substance. But conversion of substance can not be without change. We may then say that wher• there is transubstantiation by conversion of substance, there is there change. But there is not always transubstantiation and conversion of substance, where there is change. Wherefore there is as great difference between change & transubstantiation, as is between the general & the special. For change is the general which comprehendeth under it transubstantiation, but transubstantiation doth not comprehend in it change, forsomuch as his signification is more ample (as that of change, of transmutation and of conversion) then that of transubstantiation. For, all these names do comprehend other kinds of change and of conversion, then of one substance into an other. For as there is change of substances, so is there also change of accidents, to wit, of qualities, of time, of places, of habits and such other like things, according to their natures, and to the predicaments under that which they are comprehended, as the Logicians distinguish them.1 Our regeneration is not without change, which is wrought in our own persons. But it is not at all by conversion of the substance of our bodies nor of our souls into others, or into any other substance, but it is in quality, which is, from vice into virtue, by the change & renewing of the old Adam, & of the old man ⟨image 22⟩into the new.2 And therefore if there be any change in the supper, touching the matter of the signs thereof, it must then be considered of what kind this change is, and in what predicament it must be sought, if we will speak as becometh Logicians, and if there be changes, either of substance or of quality, inasmuch as the matter of the signs thereof is otherwise qualified, when it is applied to that use, then it was before.
ANd therefore when the auncient doctors did speake of chaunge and conuersion of the signes into ye same, they vnderstood none other, as I haue shewed and proued very plainly, and by good testimonies of the auncient doctors thē selues in other treatises of mine. For euery chaunge and euery conuersion of one thing into an other carieth not with it at all transsubstanciation of one substance into an other. For there may be chaunge, without conuersion of ⟨image 22⟩substance. But conuersion of substance can not be without chaunge. We may then say yt wher• there is transsubstanciation by conuersiō of substance, there is there chaunge. But there is not alwaies transsubstanciation and conuersion of substance, where there is chaunge. Wherefore there is as great difference betwene chaunge & transsubstanciation, as is betwene the general & the speciall. For chaunge is the generall which comprehendeth vnder it transsubstanciation, but transsubstanciation doth not comprehend in it chaunge, forsomuch as his signifiration is more ample (as that of chaunge, of transmutation and of conuersion) then that of transsubstanciation. For, all these names do cōprehend other kindes of chaunge and of conuersion, then of one substance into an other. For as there is chaunge of substances, so is there also chaunge of accidents, to witte, of qualities, of time, of places, of habits and such other like thinges, according to their natures, and to the predicaments vnder yt which they are comprehended, as the Logicians distinguish them.1 Our regeneration is not without chaunge, which is wrought in our own persōs. But it is not at all by conuersion of ye substance of our bodies nor of our soules into others, or into any other substance, but it is in qualitie, which is, from vice into vertue, by the chaunge & renewing of the olde Adam, & of the olde man ⟨image 22⟩into the new.2 And therfore if there be any chaūge in the supper, touching the matter of the signes thereof, it must then be considered of what kind this chaunge is, and in what predicament it must be sought, if we will speake as becōmeth Logicians, and if there be chaunges, either of substance or of qualitie, in asmuch as the matter of the signes thereof is otherwise qualified, when it is applied to that vse, then it was before.
- 1•egenera••on.
- 2Conu••• this we••.
