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.

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Title: 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.
Author: Morton, Thomas, 1564-1659.
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Your Fourth Romish Obiection.

SECT. IV.

THe Apostles (saith your m 1.1 Cardinall) were rude and simple, Therefore needed to be Instructed by Christ in plaine tearmes, without Figures. So he.

CHALLENGE.

ANd yet Christ, you know, did often speake Figuratively unto them, talking of Bread, Leaven, Seed, &c. And stiling them the Salt of the earth; yea even in this Sacrament (as hath beene confessed) in the words, Eate, Shed, Testament. Another Iesuite witnesseth, that n 1.2 The Apostles were illuminated and instructed by Christ; that they might receive this Sacrament with all Reverence. So he. Therefore are they but rudely by you tearmed Rude; and the rather because They (who being commanded to prepare the Passe∣over, perceived that by Passeover was figuratively vnderstood the Paschall Lambe, and thereupon prepared the Passeover, according to the Lord's Command) could not be ignorant, that in this like Sacramentall speech [This is my body] the Pronoune [THIS] did literally point out bread, and figuratively signifie Christ's bodie. Doubtlesse, if the manner of Christ's speech in the Eucharist had not beene like the other in the Passeover, they would have desired Christ to explaine his meaning, as they did sollicitously in other doubts.

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m 1.1

Bell. Apostoli ru∣des & simplices erarie &c. Lib. 1 de Euch. 6. 9. §. Argumentum se∣cundum.

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n 1.2

Apostoli à Chri∣sto edocti fuerunt, & illuminati, ut cum summâ re••erētiâ Sa∣cramentum hoc sus∣ciperent. Suarez. Ies. Tom. 3. Disp. 46▪ §. 3.

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