Reason 20. Yea, Popery fighteth with sense and reason, and would make men not only mad, but senseless. For upon pain of damnation, we must believe that the Bread in the Sacrament is no Bread, and that the Wine is no Wine: My eyes, and my taste, and my feeling tell me that it is Bread and Wine, and if I know not Bread and Wine when I see it, and touch it, and taste it, then I must be mad or senseless: And then how can I tell that I know any thing at all. And yet must I be here burnt at the stake, and hereafter burnt in Hell for ever, if Papists be my Judges, unless I will believe that the substance of the Bread and Wine is turned into the substance of the body and blood of Christ, and that there is now the colour, and smell, and taste, and quantity of Bread and Wine, without Bread and Wine. The colour which I see, and the taste which I relish, are the colour and taste, Of what? Of nothing. Nor of Bread and Wine. For now there's no such thing. Not of the Body and Blood of Christ; for that they deny, and well they may. So that if I know bread and wine when I see, and feel, and taste them; then do I know that Popery ⟨p. 11⟩is a deceit: And if I do not, then I know nothing. For if sense deceive us, all deceives us. Moreover it is against the knowledge and experience of our own hearts. Popery tells you that none are saved or have Charity but Papists, because forsooth they are all out of the Church. Here then is an Argument which Christians have in their breasts, that all the Papists on earth cannot answer. Look what degree of assurance you have, that you have Charity or any special Grace, and so much assurance you have that Popery is a mere cheer, which would persuade you that none have Charity but Papists. If any stand not to this censure, he is no Papist. For if a Protestant may have Charity, and be saved, then the Church of Rome is not the whole Catholic Church. Yea if you know any Protestant on earth that you are persuaded is a true Christian; you must needs be as much persuaded that Popery is false. In the mean time remember this to their credit, that by their own confession never did a godly honest man turn Papist; nor can they desire any such to turn. So that every man that hath saving grace, is sure.
Reason 20. Yea, Popery fighteth with sense and reason, and would make men not only mad, but sensless. For upon pain of damnation, we must believe that the Bread in the Sacrament is no Bread, and that the Wine is no Wine: My eyes, and my taste, and my feeling tell me that it is Bread and Wine, and if I know not Bread and Wine when I see it, and touch it, and taste it, then I must be mad or sensless: And then how can I tell that I know any thing at all. And yet must I be here burnt at the stake, and hereafter burnt in Hell for ever, if Papists be my Judges, unless I will believe that the substance of the Bread and Wine is turned into the substance of the body and blood of Christ, and that there is now the colour, and smell, and taste, and quantity of Bread and Wine, without Bread and Wine. The colour which I see, and the taste which I relish, are the colour and taste, Of what? Of nothing. Nor of Bread and Wine. For now there's no such thing. Not of the Body and Blood of Christ; for that they deny, and well they may. So that if I know bread and wine when I see, and feel, and taste them; then do I know that Popery ⟨p. 11⟩is a deceit: And if I do not, then I know nothing. For if sense deceive us, all deceives us. Moreover it is against the knowledge and experience of our own hearts. Popery tells you that none are saved or have Charity but Papists, because forsooth they are all out of the Church. Here then is an Argument which Christians have in their breasts, that all the Papists on earth cannot answer. Look what degree of assurance you have, that you have Charity or any special Grace, and so much assurance you have that Popery is a meer chear, which would perswade you that none have Charity but Papists. If any stand not to this censure, he is no Papist. For if a Protestant may have Charity, and be saved, then the Church of Rome is not the whole Catholick Church. Yea if you know any Protestant on earth that you are perswaded is a true Christian; you must needs be as much perswaded that Popery is false. In the mean time remember this to their credit, that by their own confession never did a godly honest man turn Papist; nor can they desire any such to turn. So that every man that hath saving grace, is sure.
