The Lords Supper or, A vindication of the sacrament of the blessed body and blood of Christ according to its primitive institution. In eight books; discovering the superstitious, sacrilegious, and idolatrous abomination of the Romish Master. Together with the consequent obstinacies, overtures of perjuries, and the heresies discernable in the defenders thereof. By Thomas Morton B.D. Bp. of Duresme.

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The Lords Supper or, A vindication of the sacrament of the blessed body and blood of Christ according to its primitive institution. In eight books; discovering the superstitious, sacrilegious, and idolatrous abomination of the Romish Master. Together with the consequent obstinacies, overtures of perjuries, and the heresies discernable in the defenders thereof. By Thomas Morton B.D. Bp. of Duresme.
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Morton, Thomas, 1564-1659.
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London :: printed for R.M. And part of the impression to be vended for the use and benefit of Edward Minshew, gentleman,
M.D.C.LVI. [1656]
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Lord's Supper -- Early works to 1800.
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"The Lords Supper or, A vindication of the sacrament of the blessed body and blood of Christ according to its primitive institution. In eight books; discovering the superstitious, sacrilegious, and idolatrous abomination of the Romish Master. Together with the consequent obstinacies, overtures of perjuries, and the heresies discernable in the defenders thereof. By Thomas Morton B.D. Bp. of Duresme." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A51424.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.

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The Third Romish Corporall Vnion of the Bodie of Christ, with the Bodies of the Com∣municants, is with Swallow∣ing it downe. SECT I.

YOur Generall Tenet is, That the Body of Christ is present in the Bodies of the Receivers, So long as the formes of Bread and Wine do continne. Nex thata 1.1 It is swallowed downe, and transmitted unto the Stomach: Yet further, that your Priest in your Romane Masse is injoyned to pray, saying;b 1.2 O Lord, let thy Body which I have taken, and Blood which I have drunke, cleave unto my Guts, or Entrails. And a lessec 1.3 Mis∣sall (but yet of equall Authority) teacheth all you English Priests to pray, saying; O God who refreshest both our Substances with this food, grant that the supply and helpe hereof may not be [ 40] awanting either to our Bodies, or Soules. {fleur-de-lys} Insomuch that your Aquinas concludeth,1 1.4 That the Body of Christ cea∣seth not to be in this Sacrament, so long as the forme of Bread continueth in the Eater thereof. So hee. Not excepting any Eater, whether it be Man, or Beast; thereby embracing this

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Opinion; namely,2 1.5 That a Beast eating this Sacrament, thereby doth Devoure the true Body of Christ: which you call The Common Opinion of your Church, taught and defined by Pope Gregory the Eleventh. {fleur-de-lys}

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