Of the institution of the sacrament of the blessed bodie and blood of Christ, (by some called) the masse of Christ eight bookes; discovering the superstitious, sacrilegious, and idolatrous abominations of the Romish masse. Together with the consequent obstinacies, overtures of perjuries, and the heresies discernable in the defenders thereof. By the R. Father in God Thomas L. Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.

Our first Reason is taken from the due Perfection of this Sacra∣ment, which must necessarily be in both kindes.

The things Spirituall (as all Christians professe) are the Body and Blood of Christ, which are signified in the Sacrament of Bread and wine; These two then are not two Sacraments, but one Sacrament, (as you know) which therfore ought to be performed in both, or els the Act will be a Sacrilegious dismembring of the Sacrament of Christ. This shall we easily prove from the Principles and Confes∣sions of your owne Schooles. Your Church professeth to celebrate the Eucharist, both as it is a Sacrifice, and as it is a Sacrament. As you hold it to be a Sacrifice, you generaly teach that both kinds are neces∣sarily to be received of the Priest, because they both belong to the Essence thereof. So your l 1.1 Cardinall. Consult with your m 1.2 Aquinas, your Iesuites Valentia, and Vasques, and they will say as much in behalfe of the Eucharist, as it is a Sacrament; their reason is, Because both kindes, making but one Sacrament, ought to be celebrated perfectly, and therefore is the Priest bound to consecrate this Sacrament in both kindes by that command of Christ, saying, [Do this:] nor can this be omitted without Sacrilege. So they.

If such be the necessity of consecrating in both kindes vnder the hand of the Priest, then lieth the same obligation vpon the Church likewise, for distributing it in both kindes vnto the people, to whom it is to be administred, in token of Christ his Passion for them applicatorily, both in his Body and Blood: but the Bread only can no

more represent the Blood of Christ in the mouthes of people, in the eating thereof, then it can by Consecrating it in the hands of the Priest: and consequently the dismembring thereof, as you do, must necessarily condemne both Priest and People. A Consequence, which your figment of * 1.3 Concomitancie cannot possibly auoid.

Notes

• l 1.1

  Sed nos nullam scimus Sacramenti multilationem, ne{que} partem dimidiam Laicis esse substra∣ctam, siquidem duae species requiruntur necessariò ad Sacri∣ficium, sed ad essenti∣am Sacramenti quae. libet ex duobus suf∣ficit.—Proinde Sa∣cramentum sub spe∣cie panis est verum & integrum Sa∣cramentum, quandò sumitur per modum unius refectionis. Bel∣lar. Apol. con. Praefat. Monit. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 102. And Al∣fons. à Castro de hac Controv. p. 157. Sacer∣dos hac lege devin∣ctus est, ut quoties∣cun{que} celebret, nec panem sine vino, nec vinum abs{que} pane consecrari faciat: quoniam etsi integer Christus sub qualibet specie lateat, non ta∣men quaelibet species totum Christum significat, sed panis solam carnem significat, species vini solum sanguinem repraesentat, illius{que} solius memoriam gerit.
• m 1.2

  Vnum dicitur quod est perfectum, sic cum dicitur una domus, unus homo. Est autem unum in perfectione, ad cujus integritatem concurrunt omnia quae requiruntur. Aquin. par. 3. qu. 73. Art. 12 Ex parte Sacramenti convenit, ut utrum{que} sumatur sc. corpus & sanguis, quòd in utro{que} consistit perfectio Sacramenti. Idem ibid. quaest 80. Art. 2. Etenim obligatio perficiendi istud Sacramentum illi solùm ex natura rei i. e. spectatâ Sacramenti dignitate, incumbit, qui illud etiam conficit: debet enim is, quandoquidem rem tam divinam facit, non utcun{que} facere. Ita{que} tenetur inprimis utram{que} speciem consecrare, tùm ut huic Sacra∣mento omnis perfectio sua substantialis, etiam quoad nationem individuam, constet. Valent. Ies. de vsu Euch. c. 6. §. Etenim. pag. 492. Respondendum est, eam actionem esse illis ipsis imperatam perilla verba [Hoc facite, &c. See above Sect. 3. at (g) where Vasquez the Ies. is cited in 3: Thom. disp. 215.
• * 1.3

  See heereafter, Sect. 8.