M. Harding. The .5. Division.M. Hardinge. The .5. Diuision.
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M. Harding. The .5. Division.
M. Hardinge. The .5. Diuision.
These places of the Scripture, and many other reporting plainly, that Christ at his Supper gave to his Disciples his very Body, even that same, which the day following suffered Death on the Cross, have ministered just cause to the (130)1 godly and learned Fathers of the Church, to say, that Christs Body is Present in this Sacrament Really, Substantially, Corporally, Carnally, and Naturally. By use of which Adverbs they have meant only a trueth of being, and not a way, or mean of being. And though this manner of speaking be not thus expressed in the Scripture, yet is it deduced out of the Scripture. For if Christ spake plainly, (131)2 and used no Trope, Figure, nor Metaphor, as the Scripture it self sufficiently declareth to an humble believer, and would his Disciples to understand him, so as he spake in manifest terms, when he said, This is my Body, which is given for you: Then may we say, that in the Sacrament his very Body is Present, yea, Really, that is to say in deed, Substantially, that is, in Substance, and Corporally, Carnally, and Naturally: by which words is meant, that his very Body, his very Flesh, and his very human Nature is there, not after Corporal, Carnal, or Natural wise, but invisibly, unspeakably, miraculously, supernaturally, spiritually, divinely, and by way to him only known.
These places of the Scripture, and many other reportinge plainely, that Christ at his Supper gaue to his Disciples his very Body, euen that same, whiche the day folowinge suffered Death on the Crosse, haue ministred iust cause to the (130)1 godly and learned Fathers of the Churche, to say, that Christes Body is Present in this Sacrament Really, Substantially, Corporally, Carnally, and Naturally. By vse of which Aduerbes they haue meante onely a trueth of beinge, and not a way, or meane of beinge. And though this manner of speakinge be not thus expressed in the Scripture, yet is it deduced out of the Scripture. For if Christ spake plainely, (131)