Two treatises. 1. The holy exercise of a true fast, described out of God's…

but it rather behooveth us, by the power of the holy Ghost, & through Faith, to mount up into Heaven, and there to lay hold of him, that we may sit with him in the heavenly places, which in this life can not be performed in any other sort, then in a spiritual manner, & through faith: which faith is begotten and confirmed in us by the holy Ghost; whereunto he useth as instruments, the preaching of ⟨p. 52⟩Gods word, and the administration and use of the Sacraments, by which all our senses are even as it were provoked & pierced, wholly to possess Christ him self. So that you see, I do figuratively expound these words, and not grossly; whereunto I am drawn partly by these three general Rules heretofore put down, and partly by the very dealings of the Papists themselves; who do not, neither in the Wine of the Supper, the other part of this Sacrament: neither in Baptism, the other Sacrament of the Church (which two alone God hath given unto it) acknowledge any such gross transubstantiation or change; and yet I am ⟨p. 53⟩sure, there is as great reason why that alteration should be as well in the Water of Baptism, & in the Wine of the Supper, as in the Bread thereof: If there be not, let them show any cause, to the contrary if they can.

but it rather behooueth vs, by the power of the holy Ghost, & through Fayth, to mount vp into Heauen, and there to lay hold of him, that we may sit with him in the heauenly places, which in this life can not be performed in any other sort, then in a spirituall maner, & through fayth: which fayth is begotten and confirmed in vs by the holy Ghost; wherevnto hee vseth as instrumentes, the preaching of ⟨p. 52⟩Gods word, and the administration and vse of the Sacramentes, by which all our senses are euē as it were prouoked & pearsed, wholly to possesse Christ him selfe. So that you see, I doe figuratiuely expound these wordes, and not grossely; wherevnto I am drawne partly by these three generall Rules heretofore put downe, and partly by the verie dealings of the Papistes themselues; who doe not, neither in the Wine of the Supper, the other part of this Sacrament: neither in Baptisme, the other Sacrament of the Church (which two alone God hath giuen vnto it) acknowledge any such grosse transubstantiation or change; and yet I am