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A39279 A defence of the Thirty nine articles of the Church of England written in Latin by J. Ellis ... now done into English ; to which are added the Lambeth Articles ; together with the judgment of Bishop Andrews, Dr. Overall, and other eminent and learned men upon them.; Articulorum XXXIX Ecclesiae Anglicanae defensio. English Ellis, John, 1599?-1665.; Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.; Overall, John, 1560-1619.; Church of England. Thirty-nine Articles. 1700 (1700) Wing E587; ESTC R1641 74,086 146

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not Bread but the Body of Christ which was given It was no● Wine but the Blood of Christ which was shed and therefore the true Body and the true Blood of Christ was exhibited which could not be without a Substantial Change of the Bread into his Body and of the Wine into his Blood Answ. It is called the true Body and true Blood of Christ but only secondarily and represented as such So we say of Caesar's Picture This is Caesar that overcame Pompey Obj. 3. The Words of the Institution are to be understood in their proper Sense because they are the Words of a Will or Testament and Christ uttered them when he was about to die to his illiterate Disciples Answ. The Words of a Will may be clear though figurative Every Trope is not obscure it is sometimes the Light and Beauty of Speech We m●et with this Figure also L●k 22. 20. where the Cup is called the New T●ment And then the Ignorance of the D●sciples ought not to hinder a c●mmon way of speaking in all Sacraments because something they must signifie to us Obj. 4. Christ is Omnipotent and therefore his Body may be 〈◊〉 in the Euc●st under the Species of 〈◊〉 ●nd Wine Answ. We must not argue from what may b● to what is We are not inquiring what Christ can do but what he will do Christ can do all things which do not imply a Contradiction but it is a Contradiction to ●ay that one and the same Body should be both in Heaven and in the Sacrament at the same time Obj. 5. The Ancients kept and laid up the Sacramental Elements Answ. We do not inquire what the Ancients did but what Christ and his Apostles did The Ancients perhaps kept up the Sacrament for the Communion of sick Men that were absent and not for Adoration Obj. 6. The Body and Blood of Christ are corporeally in the Sacrament otherwise the thing figured viz. The Supper would not be better than the Figures themselves viz. the Paschal Lamb the Manna and the Blood whereon the Old Testament was established all which were bodily exhibited Answ. The Paschal Lamb and the Manna were chiefly the Figures of Christ who is the thing signified in the Supper and not of the Supper it self Obj. The Eucharist is to be religiously carried about in publick Processions because the A●k of the Covenant which was the Type of this was so c●rryed about 2 Sam. 6. 8. Answ. There was a Command or Permission for the carrying about or transferring of the Ark which also was ho●oured with a Civil but not adored with a Divine Worth p. There is nothing there like the Pompous and Idolatrous Elevation of the Host. Obj. 8. W●ve the 〈◊〉 of some Fathers for the Elev●tion of the Host. Answ. It is not mater●l what some Fathers and especially the more Modern have done but we are to mind what our Lord did and said Obj. 9. The Body and Blood of Christ are to be ado●ed Now the Eucha●ist consists of the Body and Blood of Christ and for that reason it is to be W●shiped Answ. The Body and Blood of Christ are without doubt to be wo●staped provided they were joined in the Eucharist with the Godhead But that is begging the Question ART XXIX Of the Wicked which eat not the Body of Christ in the Use of the Lord's ●upper THE Wicked and such as be void of a lively Faith altho' they do carnally and visibly press with their Teeth as St. Augustin says the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ yet in no wise are they Partakers of Christ but rather to th●r Condemnation do eat and drink the Sign or Sacrament of so great a Thing Obj. 1. The Intireness of a Sacrament does not depend upon the Faith of the Receiver but upon the Authority of the Institution and therefore by the Incredulity of the Man it cannot be changed or made v●id Answ. The Intireness of a Sacrament taken in its largest Sense does depend upon Both. Obj. 2. Judas eat the B●y of the Lord and drank his Blood And St. Mark witness● 〈◊〉 that they all d●ank of the Cons●crated Cup Mark 14. 23. And then St. Luke writes that after Supper Christ uttered these words Behold the Hand of h●n that betrayeth me is with me on the Table Luke 22. 21. Answ. Some deny that Judas was present at the Holy Supper much less that he did partake of it However it be if he was present he received only the Sign and the Bread of the Lord as other Hypocrites do and not the thing signified i. e. the Spiritual Bread and Body of Christ. Obj. 3. St. Paul teaches us 1 Cor. 11. 27. That the Unworthy are guilty of the Body and Blood of Christ as if they had received them tho' irreligiously Answ. The Apostle tells us that the Ungodly become guilty of the Body of Christ not that they do truly receive it but because they do not discern i. e. not considering the Dignity of the Meat they come to this Table without Reverence or Fear ART XXX Of Both Kinds THE Cup of the Lord is not to be denied to the ●ay-People for both the Parts of the Lord's Sacrament by Christ's Ordinance and Commandment ought to be ministred to all Christian Men alike Obj. 1. There is no Precept which obliges M●n to both Par●s of the Sacrament Christ only told his Disciples Take Eat Drink Answ. There is a Precept in the Institution of Christ that does oblige ●ay-Men altho' it is not expressed yet 't is imp●ed And that by the Apostle 1 Cor. 11. 26. and 〈◊〉 28. his meaning is explained and cleared for what Christ told h●s Disciples that must be meant by the Apostle of the whole Church and is injoyaed to the whole Assembly of the Corinthians Obj. 2. Christ himself proves in words the use of only one Species where he promises eternal Life to them that eat his Flesh making no mention at all of drinking Answ. The Sixth of John treats properly of a Spiritual Eating and the mentioning of Bread alone was done with relation to the Manna which the Jews boasted of as if it were Bread from Heaven ver 31. In the same Chapter and in explaining the same thing Flesh and Blood are joyned together four times by our Lord as the necessary Meat and drink ver 53 54 55 56. Obj. 3. Christ by what he did himself approves of the Use of only one Species Luke 24. 30. For there he gave the Sacrament to Two Disciples at Emaus under the single Species of Bread Answ. Either St. Luke there speaks of an ordinary Supper and not of the Sacrament of the Eucharist or else Bread by a Synecdoche is taken for the whole Repast Obj. 4. Those that can drink no Wine must be excluded from the Sacrament and those People likewise who have no Wine if the Communion may not be performed under one Species Answ. Particular Cases do not affect an universal Rule such therefore