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spirit_n	beget_v	father_n	son_n	11,645	5	6.8465	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02359	Three rare monuments of antiquitie, or Bertram, priest, a French-man, of the body and blood of Christ, (written 800 yeares agoe) with the late Romish purging thereof: Ælfricus, Arch-bishop of Canterburie, an English-man, his sermon of the sacrament, (preached 627 yeares agoe:) and Maurus, abbot, a Scots-man, his discourse of the same (820 yeares agoe:) all stronglie convincing that grosse errour of transubstantiation. Translated and compacted by M. VVilliam Guild, minister at King-Edward; De corpore et sanguine Domini. English. Abridgments	Ratramnus, monk of Corbie, d. ca. 868.; Guild, William, 1586-1657.; Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham. Sermo de sacrificio in die Pascae. aut; Rabanus Maurus, Archbishop of Mainz, 784?-856. De sacramento Eucharistiae. aut	1624 (1624)	STC 12492; ESTC S103528	49,280	152

Image the resemblance of that whose similitude it representeth they signifie then the thing whose Images they are and doeth not showe the same in it selfe manifestlie Which while they are so it is evident that this bodie and blood are the pledges and resemblances of that to come that that which is shown vnto vs by a similitude now shal bee clearlie revealed vnto vs in tyme to come It is one thing then which is done nowe and another which shall bee manifested heereafter Wherefore it is the bodie and blood of Christ which the Church celebrateth but as a Pledge and resemblance the veritie it selfe shall bee when neyther Pledge nor representation but He him selfe shall clearlie appeare And in another place he sayth O LORD accomplishe in vs that which THY Sacramentes contayne that that which wee nowe celebrate in resemblance wee may bee partakers also of the veritie of the thinges them selues Hee sayeth then that these thinges are celebrated in resemblance that is by similitude and not by the manifestation of the thing it selfe So that the resemblance and the veritie of the thing it selfe are there distinguished Wherefore the body and blood of Christ which is nowe celebrated in the Church differeth from that bodie and blood which is knowne to bee glorified in Christ his bodie by his resurrection And this bodie which is celebrated in the Church is but a Pledge and resemblance of that but that is the veritie it selfe This is done while wee come to that but when wee come to that this shall bee remooved It is manifest then that there is great difference betweene them as much as there is betweene a Pledge and that wherefore it is given and as much as there is betweene an Image and that which it representeth and as much as there is betweene the resemblance of a thing and the veritie it selfe Wee see then that there is great difference betweene the mysterie of the bodie and bloode of Christ which is taken in the Church by the Faythfull and that which was borne of the Virgine which suffered which was buried which rose againe and went to heaven and now sitteth at the right hand of the Father For this which is celebrated in this mortall Iourney is taken spirituallie because fayth believeth that which it seeth not and spirituallie feedeth the soule and gladdeneth the heart and giveth eternall lyfe and immortalitie while that is not taken heede vnto which feedeth the bodie and is torne with the teeth and broken in pieces but that which is spirituallie taken and by fayth apprehended But that bodie wherin he suffered which rose againe and is his proper bodie which hee tooke of the Virgine was palpable and visible after his resurrection as hee him selfe sayeth vnto his Disciples Wherefore are yee troubled and wherefore doe cogitations enter into your heartes Looke to mine Handes and Feete if I bee not the same Man handle and see because a spirit hath not flesh and bones yee see mee haue Let vs also heare what holie Fulgentius sayeth in his Booke concerning Fayth Gripe stedfastlie sayeth hee and doubt no-wyse that the onelie begotten Sonne of God was made flesh that he offered him selfe vp in a Sacrifice acceptable to God to whome with the Father and the holie Spirit the Patriarches Prophets and Priestes in tyme of the Olde Testament sacrificed Beastes and to whom now in the tyme of the new Testament with the Father and the holie Spirite who maketh but one God-head the Sacrifice of bread and wine is through faith and charitie offered by the Catholicke Church throughout the world In these carnall Sacrifices there was a representation of the flesh of Christ which he was to offer for our sinnes being without sinne him selfe and of his blood which he was to offer 〈◊〉 the remission of our sinnes But in this Sacrifice is a Thanks-giving and commemoration of the bodie of Christ which hee offered for vs and of his blood which hee shed for vs concerning which the blessed Apostle Paul sayeth in the Acts of the Apostles Take heede therefore vnto your selues and to all the flocke over which the holie Ghost hath made you over-seers to feede the Church of God which hee hath conquest with his owne blood In those Sacrifices then it was showne figuratiuely what was to haue bene given vnto vs but in this Sacrifice is clearelie showne what is alreadie given vnto vs. Saying then that it was signified in those Sacrifices what was to bee given vnto vs but in this Sacrament that wee should commemorate that which is alreadie given hee showeth evidentlie that as that had a figure of the things to come so this should haue a resemblance of thinges alreadie by-gone By which wordes also he declareth manifestlie what great difference is betweene the bodie of Christ which suffered and that bodie which serveth for the commemoration of his death and suffering for the one was his true and proper bodie having no mysticall signification nor resemblance of any other thing in it but this other is mysticall showing one thing outwardlie by figure and inwardlie representing another thing vnto vs by the vnderstanding of faith Let vs bring one testimonie yet of Sainct Augustine which will confirme the thing we haue said put an ende also to our present Discourse In that Sermon which he made vnto the people concerning this Sacramēt of the Altar he saith That which yee see on the Altar of God yee saw it this night by-gone but yee heard not yet what it was or what it meaned and of howe great a thing it was a Sacrament That which yee see then it i● bread and wine which your eyes point foorth vnto you but that which your fayth is to bee instructed in is this That that Bread is the Bodie of Christ and that Cup the Blood of Christ. This is shortlie sayde which perhaps would suff●ce your fayth but your fayth requireth instruction for the Prophet sayeth Except ye● belieue ye shall not vnderstand Yee may then say vnto mee Thou hast commanded vs to belieue declare vnto vs that wee may vnderstand for this cogitation may enter into the mynde of anie man wee know whence our Lord Iesus tooke flesh to wit of the Virgine Marie being an Infant he sucked hee was nowrished hee came vnto youth-head hee suffered persecution of the Iewes hee hung vpon a Tree hee was killed taken downe from the Crosse hee was buried and rose againe the third day at his appointed time he went to the Heavens and lifted vp his bodie thither from whence hee is to come to judge the quicke and the dead there he is presentlie at the right hand of his Father sitting howe then can this bee his bodie or this Cup or that which it containeth his blood Brethren these thinges are called Sacramentes because in them there is one thing seene and another thing is vnderstood that which is seene hath a corporall shape but that