R. JOHNSON. 185 B. Youknow not what harm you have done, by defend- ing an error before this company, bringing them so into doubt, that they know not which way to take. J. My lord, I defendno error. I maintain the truth. D. Nay, you maintain a horrible heresy. Bromley. Yea, if you were well served, you shouldfry a faggot. J. As you say that I maintain a heresy, I pray you skew me bywhat commandment I am bound to the precise words of the institution. D. As the word in baptism is, " I baptize thee in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost :" so the word in the Lord's supper is the rehearsal of the institution. J. Ballinger was of another mind ; for he saith, " The consecration of sacraments is not by the nature, will, com- mand, or precept of Christ, nor from the authority of any other." D. Where doth he say this ? J. Sermon vi. decad 5. D. You falsify his words. J. No, I cite them right. And the churches of Geneva and Scotland consecrate with other words, without using the words of the institution, except in preaching. D. You slander those churches, as appeareth from their own words,which I have here in a book. .J. I have not slandered those famouschurches. Let their liturgy witness. And as to that book, there is nothing in it which I do not believe. But I pray you, my lord of London, answer me one question. Must consecration be performed before the delivery of the elements, or after ? B. I will not answer it. J. It is only a question. I pray you answer it. B. Answer it thyself. D. It shall be answered. 'The consecration must go be- fore ; for Christ gave a sacrament, which could not be without the word. Consecration,therefore, must go before. J. But Christ spake the word after the distribution. For he first gave them the bread, and then said, " Take, eat, this is my body." D. And what then ? J. Then, according to what you say, Christ did not con- secrete aright. D. You defend a horrible heresy : for you reject the word.
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