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TroposchemmalogiaTroposchēmalogia
Troposchemmalogia: Tropes and figures; or, A treatise of the metaphors, allegories, and express similitudes, &c. contained in the Bible of the Old and New Testament To which is prefixed, divers arguments to prove the divine authority of the Holy Scriptures wherein also 'tis largely evinced, that by the great whore, mystery Babylon is meant the Papal hierarchy, or present state and church of Rome. Philologia sacra, the second part. Wherein the schemes, or figures in Scripture, are reduced under their proper heads, with a brief explication of each. Together with a treatise of types, parables, &c. with an improvement of them parallel-wise. By B. KTroposchēmalogia: Tropes and figures; or, A treatise of the metaphors, allegories, and express similitudes, &c. contained in the Bible of the Old and New Testament To which is prefixed, divers arguments to prove the divine authority of the Holy Scriptures wherein also 'tis largely evinced, that by the great whore, mystery Babylon is meant the Papal hierarchy, or present state and church of Rome. Philologia sacra, the second part. Wherein the schemes, or figures in Scripture, are reduced under their proper heads, with a brief explication of each. Together with a treatise of types, parables, &c. with an improvement of them parallel-wise. By B. K
London: printed by John Darby, 1682
Tropes and Figures; OR, A TREATISE of the METAPHORS, ALLEGORIES, TY… › Head 5 › The Lord's Supper.
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Answ. Then by the same Almighty Power, it is possible for any other Man to be in so many places: for it matters not that Christ should be invisible in so many places, and another should be there visibly; or that Christ is there in so little a Bulk, and another must be in a greater. And if this be so, what Monsters follow from hence? Can any devise greater Absurdities than they believe, if in very deed they believe what they say, and daily affirm? Suppose now John to be by Divine Power at the same time at Rome, at Paris, and at London: where ever John is alive, it follows he must have power to move himself, or else no living Creature. Then John at Rome may walk towards London, and the same John at London may walk towards Rome; and so they may meet (shall I say, the one the other) and you may be sure it will be a merry Meeting; it were worth enquiring, how long they will be ere they come together. Then again, at Rome all the Parts of John may be excessively hot, and at London excessively cold, and at Paris neither hot nor cold. This is beyond all Romances that ever were devised. Besides, John may be sorely wounded at Rome, and yet at London may sleep in a whole Skin; John may be feasting at Rome, and fasting at London, in the same moment.
Object. You talk at this rate, because you measure God by your selves, whereas He can do more than you or I can do.
Answ. There are some things, which it is no dishonour to God to say he cannot do them, because they are either sinful, (so God cannot lie) or absolutely impossible. God himself cannot make a Man to be alive and dead at the same time; God cannot make the Whole to be less than a Part of it; He cannot make Three to be more than Threescore; He cannot make a Son to beget his Father; He cannot make the same Man to be born at several times, (as Papist Authors confess) and therefore in like manner he cannot make the same Body to be in two several places, for this is not one jot less impossible than the other: But they must believe, Christ may have Ten Thousand Bodies at one time, or so many as there are Priests to consecrate the Bread, and distinct Congregations to celebrate the Holy Supper.