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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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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Morton, Thomas, 1564-1659.
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London :: Printed by W. Stansby, for Robert Mylbourne in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Grey-hound,
MDCXXXI. [1631]
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A07812.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 26, 2024.

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Our Securitie from the Romish Perplexity of Habituall Condition.

SECT. VII.

HAbituall or virtuall Condition (as it is conceived by your Pro∣fessours) standeth thus; I adore this which is in the hands of the Priest, as Christ, if it be Christ; being otherwise not willing so to doe, if it be not Christ. What my Masters, Iffs, and Ands in divine worship? These can be no better in your Church, than leakes in a ship, threatning a certaine perishing, if they be not stopped; which hitherto none of your best Artificers were ever able to doe.

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For as touching your profane Lecturer e Suarez, labouring to per∣swade you to Adore Christ in the Eucharist simply without all scru∣pulizing, saying, It is not fit to feare where no feare is; when as hee himselfe (as you have heard) hath told us that there are possibly in∣cident Almost Infinite Defects, and consequently as many Causes of Doubting, which may disannull the whole Act of Consecration: there needeth no other Confutation, than this, of his owne shame∣lesse Contradiction, which (as you may see) is palpably grosse. So impossible it is for any of you to allay the detestable stench of plaine Idolatry. Certainly, if S. Augustine had heard that a Wor∣ship of Latria (which he every-where teacheth to be proper to God) were performed to Bread and Wine, as the matter of Divine Ado∣ration, he neither would, nor could have said, in defence thereof, as he did of the Celebation of the Eucharist in his owne time, viz. d We are farre from your Paganish worshipping of Ceres and Bacchus.

But as for us Protestants, we professe no Divine Worship of God, but with a Divine, that is, an Infallible Faith, that it is God, whom we worship; who will not be worshipped, but in spirit and truth. What furthermore we have to say against your Romish Masse, will be discovered in the Booke following.

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  • e

    Suarez Ies. Sim∣pliciter adorand us est Christus in Euchari∣stia, & aliud exigere ex iis esset superstiti∣osum, & vanis scrupu∣lis, & superstitionibus expositum: neque enim est consenta∣neum ibi trepidae, ubi non est vel proba∣bilis ratio timendi, sed potiùs periculum nè dubitatione devo∣tio animi minuatur. Tom. 3. qu. 79. Art. 8. Disp. 65. Sect. 2.

  • See above, Chap. 5. Sect. 6. at (a).

  • d

    Aug. Cont. Faust. Ma•…•…b. lib. 20. cap. 21. Nos à Cerere & Li∣bero Paganorum Diis longè absumus.

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