One Body (say you) as it is in diverse places at once, might be
below, and above, on the right hand, and on the left, behind, and
before it selfe, may move, and not move, at the same instant,
without Contradiction: because it is so said in divers Respects,
namely, of divers places, as the soule of man in divers parts of
the Body. So you.
These are but Capriccious Chimera's and mungrell fancies of
addle braines, who disputing of Bodily Locality can finde no
Example, within the Circumferences of the Vniversitie of
Creatures, but onely Man's soule, which is a Spirit: which
point is to be discussed in the fift Chapter. In the Interim [ 10]
know you, that although Relations do sometimes take away
Contradictions, where they are applyable. As namely, for
the same Body to be high, and low, in respect of it's owne di∣vers
parts, to wit, high in respect of the head, and low in re∣spect
of the heele, wherein there is no comparison of any
whole, or part with it selfe: yet if any should say as much of
the same Body, whether whole, or part, as thus: The same
whole head goeth before, and after it selfe: or, the same
one finger is longer, and shorter than it selfe; hee may
justly be suspected to be besides himselfe: all such like spee∣ches [ 20]
being as Contradictory in themselves, (and consequent∣ly
Impossible) as for a man to say, hee is elder, and younger
than himselfe.
{fleur-de-lys} Which peradventure one of your Doctors saw, when
hee denyed in this Sacrament any Motion at all; Because
els (saith hee) at the Motion of the Hoast, Christ's Body
should be both below and above at once, which savoureth not
of Truth. So hee. And although your Gabriel Biel
defendeth the Corporall Presence of Christ in Heaven, and
on your Altars at once yet that If should move from North [ 30]
and South; East and West, and all at the same time, according to
the variety of Altars, This (saith hee) is Absurd and Ri∣diculous.
{fleur-de-lys} You will say, (and it is your common Sanctu∣ary)
that Place is not essentiall to a Body, and therefore separa∣ble
from a Body; so that a man may be in two places at once.
And you may as well say, that because Time is not of the es∣sence
of a man, some man may have a Being without any time,
or else in two times at once. (But enough of this hath beene
answered in the sixt Section.)
Finally, this your Subtilty would have beene judged a pal∣pable [ 40]
absurdity by ancient Fathers; among whom Theodoret
taught this Philosophie, to hold true in Divinitie (to wit) that