or joynt-presence therewith is an incon∣sequent
argument, as may appeare in other
things. The Soule hath a kinde of immensity
in her little world, being in each part thereof
whole and entire, and yet it followes not be∣cause
the Soule is united to the Body, that
therefore the Body must needs partake of this
Omnipresence of the Soule, else should the
whole body be in the little finger, because the
Soule unto which it is united is wholly there.
Againe, there is an unseparable union betweene
the Sunne and the beame, so that it is infallibly
true to say, the Sunne is no where severed
from the beame, yet wee know they both oc∣cupy
a distinct place: againe, Misleoe is so
united to the substance of the Tree out of
which it groweth, that (though of a different
nature) it subsisteth not but in and by the sub∣sistence
of the Tree, and yet it hath not that
amplitude of place which the Tree hath.Letting goe then this opinion, there is a
third Presence of Christ, which is a carnall Phy∣sicall,
locall Presence, which wee affirme his
humane nature to have onely in Heaven: The
Papists attribute it to the Sacrament, because
Christ hath said, This is my Body: and in
matters of fundamentall consequence, hee u∣seth
no figurative or darke speeches; to this
wee say, that it is a carnall Doctrine, and a mi∣stake
like that of Nicodemus, and of Origen,
from the Spirit to the letter. And for the dif∣ficulty,
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