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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29388	Religio bibliopolæ in imitation of Dr. Browns Religio medici, with a supplement to it / by Benj. iBrgwater [sic], Gent.	Dunton, John, 1659-1733.; Bridgewater, Benjamin.; Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682. Religio medici.	1691 (1691)	Wing B4486; ESTC R19049	55,380	118

had the Advantage of ours that it should deserve to be esteem'd more Bold and Noble since they had an Isaiah to preach the Gospel to Them who for the Eloquence of his Style his most accurate and particular Enarration of the Birth of Christ has acquired the Title of the fifth Evangelist 'T is certain both their Faith and ●ours rests on the Divine Revelation whether it consist in Prophesie of Things to come or History of Things past The ultimate Object of our Belief is one and the same that is the Authority of God They had their Sacraments also to strengthen their Faith as well as we They were Baptized in the Cloud and in the Sea they had Manna from Heaven and Water out of a Rock in the Earth They all eat the same Spiritual Meat and drank the same Spiritual Drink as we fo● they drank of the Spiritual Rock of Ages that followed Them and that Rock was Christ I do not conclude from hence That ther● is no difference between the Sacraments o● the Law and those of the Gospel Doubtless there is an Excellency in the Latter to which the Former could not pretend The Elements in Both are Natural as Wate● Manna Bread Wine c. so that in the Exteriour neither of Them has the Advantag● of the other They were both also Conduits of the same inward Grace and Spirit Only herein lyes the difference that the Jews had it but by Measure whereas th● Christians receive it in Abundance The● touch'd but the Hem of Christ's Garment but we feed on his Body and Blood The● did but wade in the low Ebb of Grace whereas we swim in the High-Tide an● over-flowings of the Holy Spirit Before th● Everlasting Sluces were drawn up whil● the Heavens were kept shut the Water which are above the Heavens did but disti●gently on Mankind The Divine Influenc● came Drop by Drop here a little and ther● a little But when Christ had once ascended up on High and open'd the Eternal Gate above then he showr'd down his Gifts upo● Men and let loose the Flood of Light and Grace that so it might water the whole Earth and make glad the City of God which is the Christian Church The Sacraments of Christianity are the Principal Channels through which Eternal Life is conveyed to our Souls By Baptism we are transplanted from the Old Stock of the First Adam and inoculated into Him who is the True Vine in whom we grow up as Branches receiving Nourishment and Encrease by the Eucharist which conveys to us the vital Principles of Immortality and Salvation I cannot speak of this tremendous Mystery without a Circumlocution nor think of it without a Rapture It is such a Complex of Riddles as it hath pos'd the stoutest Samsons of the Church to solve He alone was able to think and speak aright of it in few words who when he first instituted it said This is my Body This is my Blood That there is a real Change made in the outward Elements after the words of Consecration are pronounc'd is an Article of my Faith but the Manner how this Change is effected is no Query of my Philosophy I had rather humbly believe what I cannot comprehend in this Venerable Sacrament than suffer any vain Disquisitions to stagger my Faith I see Bread and Wine both retaining the same Taste Colour and other natural Qualities of those Creatures Therefore I conclude there is no Alteration made in that which is the Object of my Sences The Change must be in the Spiritual Part which only falls under the Intellect And yet I believe this Change to be Real tho' I cannot sensibly perceive wherein or how 't is produced Far be it from me to enter into the Secret of those who make a mere empty Figure of the Blessed Sacrament as if we were made Partakers only of mere Natural Bread and Wine in the Holy Communion This is to follow the impious Steps of Manicheus and Marcion who taught that our Saviour had only a Fantastick Figure of a Body not a Real one as if they thought the Blessed Virgin Mary brought forth nothing but a Shadow because she was overshadow'd by the Holy Ghost This is to outstrip Judas and begin where his Treason left off and as he sold his Master's Life so we should rob the Church of his Body and Blood which he bequeath'd to her in his last Supper Doubtless his Body is in the Sacrament of the Eucharist but not Bodily or after a corporeal manner not invested with all the gross Circumstances of Flesh and Blood but after a Spiritual Manner in a Mystery too profound for Humane Sence or Reason to comprehend I am extremely pleas'd with the Answer which Queen Elizabeth gave to the Bishop of Winchester when he demanded her Opinion of the Real Presence said she 'T was God the Word that spake it He took the Bread and brake it And what the Word did make it That I believe and take it It was an ill-manner'd as well as an envious Retort of him that stood by and said Your Highnesses Reply is like the Delphick Oracle full of Ambiguous Subtilty He had discover'd more Breeding and Charity had he told her That her Answer savour'd of his Wisdom who when tempted by the Pharisees with a Question concerning the Lawfulness of paying Tribure to Caesar took a piece of Money and asked whose Image and Superscription was that stamped on it they said Caesars He replyed Give therefore to Caesar the Things that are Caesar's and to God the Things that are Gods It is certainly a necessary piece of Prudence sometimes to obviate the Trains of an Enemy with a witty Evasion which may be done without denying the Truth or violating ones Conscience Those who wou'd trepan a man with Queries and make him a Transgressor for a word deserve to be paid in the same Coin and by an Ingenious adapting of words and placing of Periods be bassled in their Design and sent away like Fools as they came without any better Satisfaction than they cou'd reap from a Riddle In my Opinion it is but a Pious Scepticism to suspend our Thoughts from determining the particular Mode of Christ's being present in the Sacrament since it is impossible ever to demonstrate so recondite a Secret into which even the Angels themselves those perfect Intelligences perhaps look with Admiration without improving their Knowledge It is sufficient to my humble Faith that my Redeemer is there and that when I worthily receive this Blessed Sacrament I shall receive the Author of it into my Tabernacle and be united to the Heavenly Spouse This is the true Hidden Manna which nourishes both Angels and Men This is the Bread of Life which strengtheneth Man's Heart This is the Wine which rejoyceth God and Man This is that Heavenly Morsel which God has given us as an Antidote against the Dregs of that Venom we all derive from Adam's eating the forbidden Fruit. And he is a