An antidote agaynst poperie: most necessarie for all in this back-slyding age. Wherein 1. The trueth is confirmed, by authoritie of scriptures, witnessing of antiquitie, and confession of the popish partie. 2. Popish scripturall arguments are answered, by the exposition both of father and of their own doctours / by William Guild.

The state of the Question.

THat in the LORD'S Supper, the verie Bodie and Blood of Christ is truelie, reallie, and effe∣ctuallie present, as foode to the soules of all true believers, and that the same is truelie participa∣ted vnto salvation, by all worthie Receavers, wee constantly affirme: but after consecration to affirme, that the sacramentall Elements are not onlie changed in vse and qua∣litie, but also that the verie sub∣stance of bread and wine is con∣verted, and changed into the ve∣rie substance of CHRIST'S Bodie

& Blood,* 1.1 their accidents of shape, colour, and quantitie onlie remay∣ning, as the Councell of Tr••n•• de∣creeth vnder a curse; and that vn∣der these accidents, the Bodie and Blood of Christ hath such a locall existence, that it may bee handled by the Priest, and in the partici∣pation there-of, eaten by all the communicant•• what-so-ever, yea, by verie Dogges and Myce, as the cantells of their Masse beareth, and as one of themselues testifie, that this is the common doctrine of Schoole-men. This (I say) wee oppose, as a most grosse and erro∣nious doctrine, destroying both the nature and partes of a Sacra∣ment, as also the veritie of Christs humane nature, and furnishing matter likewise of most grosse Ido∣latrie, & most impious Blasphemie. The places of Scripture which militate in the contrarie, are these.

Notes

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  Sess. 4 sub pio 4. cap. 4 can. 2 Ioseph An∣gles in 4. sent. q. de s••sci∣pien∣tibus eucha¦rist. diffi••. 2. ex com∣muni scho∣lasti∣corū sentē∣tia, brutū comedens sacramentū verum corpus Christi devorat. So sayth Aquin. part. 3. q. 80. art. 3. ad 3. Alins. part. 4. q. 45. in 1. Antonius, in 3. part. de def••ctib{us} missae, c. 6. sect. 3. et Greg. de Valen. in 3. Thoma•• disp. 6. q. 8. punct. 2. &c.