B07431:88
Two treatises. 1. The holy exercise of a true fast, described out of God's…
Two treatises. 1. The holy exercise of a true fast, described out of God's word. / Written by T.C. ; 2. The substance of the Lords Supper. / Written by T.W..Two treatises. 1. The holy exercise of a true fast, described out of God's word. / Written by T.C. ; 2. The substance of the Lordes Supper. / Written by T.W..
London: printed for I. Harison, 1610
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2 The second extremity is, that of consubstantiation, some affirming, that there is delivered to the people, and they receive together with the substance of Bread, the very substance of Christs very natural body; so that there is (as it were) an intermingling of both the substances in the action of the Supper. This opinion is justly to be disliked and reproved, not only because of the absurdities which it hath common, with the heresy of transubstantiation; whereof we will speak in the next place: but also, because it is quite and clean contrary to common sense and reason, ⟨p. 17⟩confounding and jumbling together, two several and distinct substances and making the less; to wit, the substance of bread, to comprehend the greater, that is, Christs human body; yea, even his very Godhead: which heaven and earth is not able to contain.
2 The second extreamitie is, that of consubstantiation, some affirming, that there is deliuered to the people, and they receiue togeather with the substance of Bread, the yery substance of Christes very naturall body; so that there is (as it were) an intermingling of both the substaunces in the action of the Supper. This opinion is iustly to be disliked and reproued, not onely because of the absurdities which it hath common, with the heresie of transubstantiation; whereof wee will speake in the next place: but also, because it is quite and cleane contrarie to common sense and reason, ⟨p. 17⟩confounding and iumbling togeather, two seuerall and distinct substances and making the lesse; to witt, the substance of bread, to comprehende the greater, that is, Christs humaine body; yea, euen his verie Godhead: which heauen and earth is not able to containe.
Besides, it doth utterly take away an essential property of Christs body: for if Christ, in respect of his humanity, be like unto us in all things, sin only excepted; and we know by the light of reason and understanding that God hath bestowed upon us; yea, by very experience, that our bodies are circumscriptible and tied to a place: it must