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A35021	The legacy of the Right Reverend Father in God, Herbert, Lord Bishop of Hereford, to his diocess, or, A short determination of all controversies we have with the papists, by Gods holy word	Croft, Herbert, 1603-1691.	1679 (1679)	Wing C6966; ESTC R1143	85,065	144

the thing we still urge to ●hew us some compelling Motive why they make such an infinite difference between these two sayings when the forms of speech are both the same yet the one must infer a mighty miracle the other none at all but as familiar a Figure as may be Had our Saviour taken into his hand a picture of a Face and said This is my Face what Man could imagine he intended This picture is changed into my real substantial Face but rather undoubtedly conceive he meant This represents my Face And just so when he took Bread into his hand and said This is my Body who can imagine but he meant This represents my Body And therefore as I said it requires some urgent Reason to make us think otherwise But in stead of Reason they return us Railing that we are faithless Hereticks and we reply They are foolish Pratlers But now to shew how willing we are to believe Christ in this or any thing else be it ever so much against our reason we will narrowly examine and observe all circumstances in the institution of this blessed Sacrament and see if we can find any considerable motive to encline us to this miraculous change of transubstantiating bread into Christ's Body In the first place let us reflect on the Original type of this Sacrament which was the Sacrifice of Melchisedek King of Salem when he met Abraham coming from the Victory over the Heathen Kings mentioned Gen. 14. 18. And Melchisedek King of Salem brought forth bread and wine This Melchisedek was a Priest of the most high God And Heb. 7. the Apostle at large declares That Christ was a Priest of the same Order with Melchisedek in all things typified by Melchisedek Now what Sacrifice did Melchisedek offer up unto the most high God Bread and Wine real substantial Bread and Wine Doubtless then from hence we should conclude That Christ being a Priest of the same Order with Melchisedek should offer the same Sacrifice with him real substantial Bread and Wine Surely this makes against the Papists Transubstantiation Secondly Let us consider the Iewish Sacraments which were also Types of ours The Iews had in their Church two Sacraments Circumcision and the Paschal Lamb and these were as I said Types of what was to follow in Christ who abolishing that Church and Sacraments did introduce two other Sacraments in his Church Baptism and the holy Supper As Circumcision was the initiating Sacrament to the Iews So Baptism is to us And as the Paschal Lamb was the commemorating Sacrament to the Iews of their deliverance from their bondage in Aegypt so the holy Supper is our commemorating Sacrament of our deliverance from the bondage of Hell You see then that thus far our Sacraments resemble those of the Iews Was there any Transubstantiation in the Iewish Sacraments No We cannot then from the Iewish Sacraments find the least hint of Transubstantiation in ours Thirdly Let u● compare our two Sacraments one to the other Is there any Transubstantiation or any real alteration in the element of water in the Sacrament of Baptism No the water still remains in substance water We cannot then from that Sacrament find any ground for Transubstantiation in this Fourthly Let us consider this Sacrament in it self what was our Saviours intent in the institution of it which certainly should be a great and the best guide to us in this business 'T is evident by several Scriptures that it was instituted to commemorate our Saviour's Passion and Death Christ expresly declared it so at the institution Do this in remembrance of me And St. Paul 1 Cor. xi 26. expresly declares it so As often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup ye do shew the Lord's death till he come Now let us see if Transubstantiation do any way help towards a fuller setting forth the Lord's Death Let the Papists shew this if they can it would somewhat encline us to their Transubstantiation for my part I profess sincerely it appears to me quite otherwise For in their transubstantiated Sacrament there is no representation of our Saviour's Suffering nor of his Blood-shedding and Death for they affirm his Body to be there a Spiritual Body impassible no breaking of it no division of the Blood from his Fle●h for they believe Christ's Body to be entirely Flesh Bones and Blood the whole Body under both forms of Bread and Wine so saith their great Doctor Aquinas in the third Part of his Summes Quest. 76. Art 2. and there proves it in his School-way So that in their Sacrament there is nothing representing Christ's Sufferings nor Blood-shedding nor Death For first There is no real substance broken for the substance of Bread say they is gone and 't is now Christ's Body which is now impassible cannot be broken The Priest seems to break a Wafer but 't is no real Wafer 't is Christ's Body that is not broken neither So in truth and reality nothing is broken 't is broken and 't is not broken And then for the Chalice there is no Wine nor Christ's Blood apart 't is Christ's Body entire as they believe so you drink the same both Body and Blood together which before you have eaten and you eat before the very same which you afterwards drink So that eating and drinking is here one and the same rare School-devices Let us return to our own Sacrament there is real Bread and Wine the Bread is really broken by the Priest as it was by Christ 't is also bruised under the teeth of the eater So the Wine is received a part from the Bread both in a figure representing unto us Christ's Sufferings Blood-shedding and Death and buried in our breasts as in the Sepulchre And thus you see how much better our Sacrament of real Bread and Wine shews our Saviour's Sufferings and Death than their transubstantiated Bread and Wine Now considering how many figurative Speeches there are in the Gospel a man cannot but wonder how this Transubstantiation with accidents only of Bread and Wine hanging in the air without any substance of Bread and Wine to support them how this could come into the head of the first Inventer there being nothing in the Types and Sacraments of the Old Law nor in the Institution of the New to give us the least hint of it Especially considering the simplicity and plainness of the Gospel preached generally to a vulgar Auditory and fitted for their capacity and these Sacraments instituted for their use as well as others But the Papist Doctors have turned this into such an obscure Scholastick Sacrament that you must study Logick Physick Metaphysick and School-Divinity many years before you can understand what they would be at without any Scripture-foundation for this their Castle built in the Air. How cry the Papists without any Scripture-foundation Look we advise you into St. Iohn's Gospel Chap. 6. v. 53 54 55 56. Then Iesus said unto them Verily verily I say unto you Except ye eat

back that was profitable Doth not this I pray you fully confirm what I said That the belief of any thing more than what is declared in Scripture may prove rather a hinderance than a help to Salvation Nay 't is not only may be but probably if not certainly will be a hinderance and not a help since the Apostle assures us that he declared all things profitable that is all things helpful And doth not St. Peter 2 Epist. i. 8. and following verses discourse to this purpose For there he tells them that in doing those things which he had taught them they should make their calling and election sure and that thereby an entrance should be ministred unto them abundantly Were it not then as sensless as dangerous to venture on any other means or helps as they call them than what the Scripture shews for our Salvation for if we follow that it makes our Salvation abundantly sure But say the Romanists all that the Apostles declared was not committed to writing but some by word of mouth and so passed by tradition from hand to hand and for this they bring us a Scripture 2 Thes. ii 15. My Brethren stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught whether by word or our Epistle From whence say they 't is evident that all things the Apostles taught for mans Salvation were not delivered in writing but some by tradition from word of mouth The answer to this is very easie for though St. Paul did not teach the Thessalonians all things by writing but some by word of mouth yet it doth not follow but that his Epistles to the Thessalonians with other his Epistles as also the Epistles of the other Apostles the Acts the Gospels all together did contain in them all things necessary and profitable also to Eternal Life For this reason St. Paul commanded his Epistles written to one Church to be read to other Churches as I formerly shewed you And so St. Peter in his Epistles commends to the people likewise the Epistles of his beloved Brother Paul And therefore I did not say that any one Epistle two or three did contain all things necessary to Eternal Life Nor did our Saviour tell the Iews that in any one or more Prophets they had Eternal Life but in the Scriptures they had Eternal Life in Moses Psalms Proverbs Prophets in the whole Scripture And if the Old Testament were so perfect and so glorious as to contain in it all things necessary to Eternal Life which glory was to be done away as St. Paul saith shall not the New Testament the Ministration of the Spirit be much more glorious and perfect 2 Cor. iii. 7 8. Would God be less careful of his Church establish'd by his own Son in Person which was to remain to the end of the world than of that erected by Moses his Servant which was but a shadow of that to come Can any man be so simple as to think this though perchance so perverse as to affirm it This and such like things they may whisper in a corner to silly women or men as silly but certainly none can have the face to say this to any man of understanding 't is so absurd and so fully confuted by St. Paul not only in the places before cited but also in 2 Tim. iii. 16 17. where he tells him that all Scripture is given by inspiration from God and is profitable for doctrine for reproof for correction for instruction in righteousness that the man of God may be perfect throughly furnished unto all good works Observe I beseech you That the man of God may be perfect perfect in Doctrine in faith in good works in all things Oh! my beloved God send me and you the perfection of Scripture the Doctrine and Works there taught and let the Papists follow their Doctrines of men their perfection their works of merit yea and of supererogation too Whereas we learn from Scripture that when we have done all we can we are unprofitable Servants but their Doctrines of men teach them that their great Saints Bennet Francis Dominick Ignatius and many hundreds more are such profitable Servants and have done such mighty works of perfection as not only to merit Heaven for themselves but also to gain Heaven for others by their superabundant merits which the Pope hath power when he pleases to apply to Souls scorching in Purgatory and dismiss them away presently to Heaven Sure a hard hearted cruel man that will let any lie long in those raging flames if he have power to release them Who can but pitty those poor silly Souls that are led into everlasting flames by these seducing Teachers so flatly contrary to the Scriptures cited now and others That no man may deliver his brother or make agreement unto God for him For it cost more to redeem their Souls it cost the blood and death of our Saviour Jesus For our sins being trespasses against the infinite majesty of God none but our Saviour who is also of an infinite Majesty both God and man could make a just satisfaction for them Had a thousand Bennets Dominicks c. and ten thousand thousands more been sacrificed on Crosses all had been in vain we should all lie for ever in everlasting flames These Scriptures are shut up from the eyes of poor blind-folded Papists But Blessed are your eyes for they see and your ears for they hear Matt. xiii 16. Your eyes and your ears see read and hear these Scriptures daily preached unto you Hold fast these the words of Eternal Life which alone will make you wise unto Salvation and throughly furnish you unto all good works make you perfect without any Doctrines of men as you shall hear more particularly by and by What then must we lay aside all the Writings of the Holy Fathers and Doctors of the Church even in the purest times by no means for they may be very helpful to us in expounding obscure places of Scripture for which several sorts of learning are very useful First The perfect understanding of the Original Languages in which the Scriptures were written as the Hebrew the Syriac the Greek Languages Now many of the Primitive Fathers were either born or much educated when those Languages were naturally spoken and thereby could much better judg of the propriety and full signification of many words which we are much to seek in and each Country Language hath several proverbial sayings and antient forms of speech which in process of time grow out of use and very hard to be understood we see that very few now are able to understand old Chaucers Language English being very much altered since Secondly History and Geography are very necessary for the understanding of several passages in Scripture And certainly those Primitive Fathers living near the times and places when and where our Saviour and the Apostles taught and acted may be able to inform us of several circumstances and give us great light in many