The grand sacrilege of the Church of Rome, in taking away the sacred cup from the laiety at the Lords Table: detected, and conuinced by the euidence of holy Scripture, and testimonies of all ages successiuely from the first propagation of the catholike Christian faith to this present: together with two conferences; the former at Paris with D. Smith, now stiled by the Romanists B of Calcedon; the later at London with M Euerard, priest: by Dan. Featly, Doctor in Diuinity.

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The grand sacrilege of the Church of Rome, in taking away the sacred cup from the laiety at the Lords Table: detected, and conuinced by the euidence of holy Scripture, and testimonies of all ages successiuely from the first propagation of the catholike Christian faith to this present: together with two conferences; the former at Paris with D. Smith, now stiled by the Romanists B of Calcedon; the later at London with M Euerard, priest: by Dan. Featly, Doctor in Diuinity.
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Featley, Daniel, 1582-1645.
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London :: Printed by Felix Kyngston for Robert Milbourne, and are to be sold in Pauls Churchyard at the signe of the Greyhound,
1630.
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Smith, Richard, 1566-1655.
Everard, Thomas, 1560-1633.
Catholic Church -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
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"The grand sacrilege of the Church of Rome, in taking away the sacred cup from the laiety at the Lords Table: detected, and conuinced by the euidence of holy Scripture, and testimonies of all ages successiuely from the first propagation of the catholike Christian faith to this present: together with two conferences; the former at Paris with D. Smith, now stiled by the Romanists B of Calcedon; the later at London with M Euerard, priest: by Dan. Featly, Doctor in Diuinity." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A00597.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 4, 2024.

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Anno 1236.

Durandus h 1.1 Mimatensis in expresse tearmes affirmeth, that he who receiues the Hoste only, doth not receiue the whole sacrament sacramentally. For although the blood of Christ bee in the consecrated Hoste (hee speaketh according to the schooles in these times; yet it is not there sacramentally; because the bread signifieth the body, & not the blood; the wine signifieth the blood, and not the body. In regard there∣fore that the sacrament is not compleat in one kind according to the signe, the sacrament must be made compleat before the Priest vse it. Du∣rand his conclusion falls short vpon the Priest, but his reason stretcheth to all people, as well as Priests. For all ought to receiue the entire Sacrament sacramentally, and if one kind one∣ly be an imperfect Sacrament to the Priest in regard of the signe, it must needs bee im∣perfect also vnto the people: vnlesse they will say, that the sacrament presents lesse to the Priests, then to the people, or that the Priests aprehend lesse in it, then the people

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surely that which is but halfe a Cup to one, cannot be a whole one to an other; that which is empty, or incompleat to one, cannot bee compleat and full to another.

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