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.

That the Obiected Sentences of Fathers make not for the Ro∣mish Corporall Vnion; proved by their owne Dialect.

SECT. III.

THe expresse Testimonies of the obiected Fathers you may read in the Margent, as they are marshalled by your owne Ie∣suite c 1.1 Suarez, to wit, Irenaeus, Chrysostome, Cyril Alexand. Grego. Nyssen. Pope Leo, and Hillarie. The Summe is, The mixture of Christ's Body with ours, by a Corporall and naturall Vnion in deede, and not one∣ly in faith or Affection.

Two kind of Semblances are to be observed, one in their like Hyperbolicall Phrasing, concerning Baptisme; and the other tou∣ching our Coniunction with Christ.

Of Baptisme Hilarie the 6. obiected saith, Christians by Baptisme, which is one, are made one, not onely in affection but also in nature. Leo the 5. obiected, saith also, that By Baptisme the Body of the Re∣generate is made the flesh of Christ crucified. And marke what your Cardinall Tolet hath collected from Augustine, namely that d 1.2 In∣fants by being Baptized, are made partakers of the Eucharist, because they are memberr of the mysticall Body, and are so made in a sort par∣takers of this Sacrament, that is to say, of the thing signified, eating his flesh, and drinking his Blood. So hee. By which your Obiector must be inforced to admit a like Reall coniunction, and consequently of a Reall presence of Christ in Baptisme, as they have for the Bodily Vnion and Presence of Christ in and by the Eucharist.

Yea, and the Fathers with the like accent and Emphasis of speech say as much of other things: e 1.3 Isidore Pleusiota of the word

of God, that It feedeth mens soules, and is in a manner mingled there∣with. Of the Baptised, that by Baptisme f 1.4 They are incorporated into Christ, saith Augustine: And that thereby g 1.5 They are made bone of Christ's bone, and flesh of his flesh, saith Chrysost. Of the Eucharist, h 1.6 It is mingled with our soules, so Damascen. Of the participation of the bread of Idolaters, with the participation of the Sacramen∣tall bread of the Lords Supper; i 1.7 That as by the one Christians are made partakers of Christ's flesh, so by that other are men made par∣takers with Divels. So Primasius.

Wherefore your Disputers, by comparing these Sentences of the Fathers with the former, if they shall take them as spoken properly, and not Sacramentally and figuratively, shall be com∣pelled to allow proper Commixtures and nourishings of man's Soule, by the Word. First, a proper mingling of God's Spirit with Man. Secondly, a proper incorporating of Man into Christ; and a proper mixture of Man with Divels. And againe upon due Comparison of the Testimonies of Fathers, obiected by you, with these now alleadged by us concerning the Eucha∣rist it selfe, it will necessarily follow, that by the same reason, wherewith you have sought to prove one kind of proper Presence of Christ's bodie, and Transubstantiation, and Vnion; you k 1.8 must allow fower more. One of Christs bodie into the bodie of the Communicant: a Second of a Christian Communicant into Christs bodie. A Third of a Naturall bodily Vnion of Christians among themselves. And fourthly (which is Damascen's) of Christ's bodie into men's soules. All which kind of Presences, Vnions, Mixtures, and Transubstantiations, taken in a proper sence, you cannot but condemne as Atheologicall and sencelesse, in your owne iudge∣ment, notwithstanding all the former alleaged Phrases of ancient l 1.9 Fathers.

And what talke you of the Eucharist, as being called the Viati∣cum, and food-provision for our iourneying through death, by the ancient Fathers? as though this were an Argument of Christs Corporall Presence in the Sacrament, and Coniunction with them that participate thereof; except you meant to make the same Consequence in behalfe of Baptisme, wherewith m 1.10 Basil exhor∣teth both young and old to be provided, as of their Spirituall Viaticum.

Notes

• c 1.1

  Suarez. Jes. in Thom. part. 3. disp. 64. §. 3. recenset vz. 1. Ire∣naeum. Quando mix∣tus calix, & fractus panis percipit ver∣bum Dei, ••it Euchari∣stia ex, quibus auge∣tur & consistit carnis nostrae substantia. lib. 5. contra Haeres. c. 2. 2. Chrysost. No•• secum in unam massam r••∣duxit, ne{que} id fide solùm, sed reipsâ nos suum corpus effecit. Hom. 88. in Matth. Vt non solùm▪ per dile∣ctionem, sed reipsa in illam▪ carnem cō∣vertamur. Hom. 5. in Iohannem. 3. Cyril. A∣••ex. [Qui manducat carnem meam in me manet, & ego in il∣lo.] Sicut si quis li∣quefactae Cerae ali∣am ceram infuderit, alteram cum alte∣râ commisceat, ne∣cesse est—ità qui carnem recipit, cum pso coniungitur, ut Christus in ipso, & ipse in Christo inveniatur. lib. 4, in Ioh. cap. 17. Rursus. Christus vitis, nos palmites, qui vitam inde nobis acquirimus. Audi Paulum, Omnes unum Christi corpus, qui de uno pane participa∣mus—quae cùm ita fiat, non••è corporaliter facit, communicatione carnis eius, Christum in nobis habi∣tare? lib. 10 cap. 13. Greg. Nyssen. Sicut parum fermenti assimulat totam massam aspersione, ità Corpus Chri∣sti, cùm fuerit intra nostrum, ad se transmutat & transferr. Orat. Catech. c 37. 5. Leo Papa. Vt accipientes vir∣tutem coelestis cibi, in carnem ipsius, qui caro nostra factus est, transeamus. Epist. 23. 6. Hilarius. Nos verè verbum carnem cibo Dominico sumimus, quo modo non naturaliter manere in nobis existimandus est, & naturam carnis suae ad naturam aeternitatis sub Sacramento nobis communicandae ••arnis admiscuit. Lib. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. de Trinit. He might have added Iustine Martyr, and others. Docet Apostolus ex natura Sacramentorum esse hanc fidelium unitatem, ad Galatas scibens: Quotquot baptizati estis in Christo, Christum induistis—Quod unum sunt in tantâ gentium, conditionum, sexuum diversitate nunquid ex assensu voluntatis, an ex Sacramen∣ti vnitate? quia his & Baptisma sit unum, ita{que} qui per ••andem rem sunt unum natura unum sunt. Hilar. de Tri∣nit. lib 8 Sus••ipiens Christum non idem fit post lavacrum, qui ante Baptismum fuit, sed Corpus regenerati fiat caro crucifixi. Leo. Ser. 14. de Passione Domini.
• d 1.2

  Tolet. Com. in Ia••. 6. Anot. 26. Docet Augustinus lib. 1. de Pecc. merit. Parvulos per Baptismum participes fieri huius Sacramanti (Eucharistiae) quod hac ratione fit, nam per Baptismum sunt de corpore mystico Ecclesiae, ad unitatem Christi pertinent; hoc Sacra∣mentum huius unitatis corporis ••ignum est, & ideo ho•• Sactamento aliquo modo participant, nemp•• quantum rem significatam, & dici possunt ••arnem Christi manducare & bibere sanguinem.
• e 1.3

  Isidor. Pelus. Verbum Dei [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.] Lib. 2. Epist. 281. Item Gregor. Nissen. de Sancto Stephan••; Gratiâ Spiritus sancti permixtus est & contem∣peratus.
• f 1.4

  Aug. apud Gra∣tian. de Consecrat. dist▪ 4. Ad hoc. Ad hoc Baptismus valet, ut baptizati Christo in∣corporentur.
• g 1.5

  Chrysost. in Ephes. H••m. 20. (de Baptis∣me) Facti sumus os ex ossibus, & caro ex carne eius.
• h 1.6

  Damasc. Epist▪ ad Zachar. Episc. D••••∣rorum Quod accipi∣tur, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Teste Casau••. in Baron. Exercit. 16. C. 39.
• i 1.7

  Primas. in 1. Cor. 10. Sicut Salvator dixit [Qui mandu∣cat meam carnem, manet in me]—Sic Idolorum panis Daemonum partici∣patioest. Et ut multi de uno pane partici∣pantes unum corpus sumus: sic si de ••o∣dem pane manduca∣mus, vnde Idolola∣trae, unum cum illis Corpus efficimur.
• k 1.8

  Augustin. Consess. lib. 7. cap. 10. Mandu∣cabis me, Tu me in te mutabis, & tu muta∣beris in me▪ Theophy∣lact. in Ioh. 6. Qui mā∣ducat me vivet prop∣ter me, & quod am∣modo miscetur mihi. Cyrillus in Ioh 11. c. 26 Suo Corpore Chri∣stus credentes per communionem my∣sticā benedicens nos secum & inter nos u∣nu corpus fecit. Sua∣rez in 3. Thom. quaest. 79. Art. 8. Disp. 64 §. 3. Vnionem hanc Pa∣tres dicunt non esse solùm inter Christum & nos, sed etiam inter nosmetipsos, quatenus sumus membra Christi. [Primasiu•• his Testimony i•• at the letter (i) immediately going before.
• l 1.9

  In Liturg•…•…. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. And Concil. Nicen. Can. 13. Si quis egreditur de Corpore, ultimo & necessario viatico non privetur &c. Aquin as part. 3. qu••st. 73. Art. 4. Hoc Sacramentum est praefigurativum fruitionis Dei, ideo dictum Viaticum, quia hic praebet nobis viam illu•• perven••endi.
• m 1.10

  Basil. Exhort. ad Baptismum▪ de Baptismo sic mo••e•• Inve••em: 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Nazia••, Orat. ••0. de Baptismo, vult Morientem 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Teste C•…•…. in Baronium 16. cap. 52.