Annotatio III §.I: Philip’s letter for the Zwinglians — shared articles; Coena by faith; response too hard — Chytraeus / Buddeus Luther replies
So the Most Illustrious Prince argues for the Zwinglians in one letter (Chytraeus, History of the Augsburg Confession, p. 652): since they agree with you in the other articles, confess Christ as you do, grant that Christ is eaten in the Supper by faith — and that eating is needed for salvation — and do not strip God of omnipotence, but read the words by the analogy of faith according to Scripture as they take them; and since Christ’s glorified body cannot feed a stomach, so He can scarcely be eaten except by believers and through faith — your sentence and reply look harder than they need to be, and I hope God will bring you to a truer view.
For Luther’s answering letters, see the recent Buddeus Supplement, Epistle 122, pages 1024 and 102.
Latin
Sic enim Illustrissimus Princeps pro Zwinglianis in quadam Epistola disputat: Itaque mihi videtur, cùm in aliis Articulis vobiscum consentiant Zwingliani & Christum eâdem ratione, quâ vos, confiteantur, concedant etiam Christum in Coena per fidem manducari, quae Manducatio ad Salutem necessaria est, nec Omnipotentiae laudem Deo adimant, sed juxta Analogiam fidei Secundum Scripturam, sic intelligenda esse verba sentiant, ut ipsi intelligunt: Cùmq;, Christus, quia clarificatum Corpus habet, quô venter cibari nequit, vix aliter manducari possit, quàm à credentibus & per fidem; hac, inquam, cum ita se habeant, mihi videtur Sententia & Responsio vestra durior & non necessaria esse, spero etiam, Deo dante, vos diligentiùs cogitaturos & veriorem Sententiam secuturos esse, Chytraeus. Hist. August. Confess. p. 652. Responsorias Lutheri vide in Supplemento Buddeano nupero, Epistola 122. pag. 1024. 102.