I 6:26 No Peace with Ronte. - -- We like well yet the ingenuityof JritHMontii111H,in thispoint;who upon LHk,~ 2 A 1'h;s ismJ &odj ( faith he) that is, MyBody is Sacramentally containedin thisSacrament ofBread: and{traighc he ad!(like anocher NicodtmtH,Chriihnightly Difciples) The fecret and mollmyllicallmanner whereof,God will oncevouchfafe,morecleerlymunfuld to his ChrillianChurch: Thushe: In themeane rime for us; this prodigious conceicofTranfubf!ancbtion, which alone conrainesinicasmanyabfurd r..- errors, as there have bin minutes ofcime,from thefi Q..form·ngofit{th;u is,fr!?J_n the, Councell ofUter4n)untill thishoure,can look t()' eentertained no otherwife ac our hand, than as fuch a De~illifh fancydefervech; with hatred and execration. B SECT. XVIII. Co11cmnng the MultJ-preftnce ofChrijll Bodj. c,.,~rtm'· BUt this fleeveleffetale ofTranfubf!amiation, was furely brought beth into the ~- world, and upon the llage, by that other fubleoftheMulti-prelenceofChriib body: neither know!,whether I lhould preferfor madncs,and fophifiicall coozenage. That thefame bodyofChri ll !bould bein a thousa&places ac onceofthis fub- !unaryWorld,whilesyet it is in themean rime intire inHeaven; That thewho! bodyofChrill lhould lie hid in a little thinWafer, yctfo, that the parts andmembers thereof lhould not one run intoanother, butcontinuedi(.lincr, and feverallydifpofed among themfelvcs, and have a lhape and orderagreeable to aru1ns body (which c are Bellllrmitmown words) icdoth nor onlyexceed reafon,buc f1ich: Neicherdo chey Jul.Set.l.~~tu~ fay now(as ofold)behold,hereisChrilt,or there; but(which ismuchworfe) Behold, &~t~Citr4. ChriU is bothhere, and there; That received Axiom ofrheSchool; isofan eternal! Truth;The numericall uniry ofafinite chingcannoc llandwichout continuity. Wll!l canchoofe but bealhamed ofthe Jefuicshere?The veryplacesin which Chrills body is,(faith Bdlarml11e) aredifcontinued; yea, and rhe body of Chrill,it felfe isdivided from it felfe, in refpeCl: ofplace,but not in refpefrofhis proper fubllance,or quantity· -t~~z.tpiJ.tt. As iftherecould be any diviuon ofamateriall fubllance,butby boundsofplace?Asif Sp.:Ui~ lntJrum quantity were not bothbounded,and meafured by place alone? As iftherewere not t 1Ut c~pnWJtJ, an undoubted relationofthe place to che rhing placed.Buc now,this dothnot belong &nu{quiUII~ TUIIl. toChrill only.S.X4tlier, in our age (one ofLoJalau brood)wasfeen ac once, bocb m Ci«dalfoby theShipand in theBoat:TIIrjillian reporrs ic;unco this fabulous Sainc,andhis fellow- I) D.$utelijfo,un. fabuler,che Reporter,I cannot devife to fee abeccermacch,than that PlaN/illt JmphiBtli.ME~~&h.tro Pltlu.. Ampbi. trio: Darefr thou fay,rhou fond Slave, that which nev~rman yet faw(nor indeed can IIPI'di&atttM· bedone) rhaconemanlhould at the fame time, be in twoplaces? dts, v trbtr., 'flllJti11t l1:d 111J · How f.lrwide is Afttii111S(the honor ofthe Schools)whicl! faith, By thefame ground qwm IJ111Mvi- or reafcmthor an Angellmight be in two places, hemight bein as manyasyou will? tlit,JJtcpouftji- Seenow either Xavieris everywhere,or elft: the carcaffeofaFrier ismore fubcill cha!l tri:Ttmpt1Tt 11Tl6 hl'llf'IO idtmdJ«t- the natureofan Angel!.To conclude,eitber AfNill.u is f.llfe,or the Popills UbiquicabtU Ml /o;ilft- ries. How overboldace theJefuics, the PatronsofthisMulti- prefence? BeUarmiflt, lfUdJlt. Tbt~.in M.:g.t.I.tiJt. fcoming the modcllyofT!JomM,Egil/itH,CirthNjia" , CapreoltH; Becaufe (faith he)we q.t.art.t. think that thebodyofChrifrmay be in many places at once,locally,and viubly,rherBt/1. dt Eucbar. fore we fay,and hold,that the famebody may becircumfcr' prively and definiti1•ely in t.6, c.4,1('.u;. P,8. more places atonce: For,rhac abodymay be circumfcriptively in any phce, norhing is required,buc chat it be fitly meafured unto that place: So as the bounds ofrheplace E and che thing placed,be both together; bur, it is not required; chat it !hould not be elfe-where, as inanotherplace: Thus he: Whac an abfurd oppoficion ischis? To be circumfcribed in one place, and yet to beother-where; Thatthebounds ofthe place,and the thing p!oced fhould bebuc one,and yec be in almoll infinite; ThatanoS.pOtn/t m. flu!- cher remote place!hould leffe hindercircumfcriprion, than apare ofche next pl1ce; m~lr.cn.t.J Whac is to be mad, ifthisbe to bewife ? Whocannot but laughat che wifefolly of .., ... thefemen, asiu tretHfaid of<he Valentinians ? Bur I willingly heare that of chryfoftome; To conceive ofdivinethings by Philofophy, isnoother, tbao to takeouta red-hot Ironwithour fingers, and nor with tongs. And
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