A manuel of controversies clearly demonstrating the truth of Catholique religion by texts of Holy Scripture, councils of all ages, Fathers of the first 500 yeers, common sense and reason, and fully answering the principal objections of Protestants and all other sectaries / by H.T.

The major is proved, because to make words more excellent and noble then conceipts or things; shadows, then substances; or the means more excellent and noble then the end, were a preposterous way of working, and contrary to the rule of true wisdom and providence.

The minor is proved, because, if the Sacra∣ment were nothing but a sacred signe, type, or figure only of Christs Body and Blood (as Doctor Taylor teaches,) then the signes and fi∣gures of the old Law were more excellent and noble then it. The Manna for example, which was a signe or figure only of the Sacrament, would be more excellent & noble then the Sa∣crament it self, as having a more excellent man∣ner of signifying, because that was made by An∣gels ministry, and had twelve special miracles upon record belonging to it, this hath no mi∣racle

at all belonging to it in D. Taylors thred∣bare way, and is composed by the hands of sin∣full men. It is no miracle for signes to signifie. Again the Paschal Lambe was a more timely type or figure of our Redeemer & his passion, flesh of flesh, blood of blood, killing of killing, and that Lamb without spot of our innocent Saviour, then is their consecrated bread and wine, if it be only a meer signe or figure, as he pretends, but in our way the case is far diffe∣rent; it being the fountain of all grace and miracles, and far excelling the types and fi∣gures of it.