A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §634 · Samuel Strimesius

Annotatio V §.II: teeth vs heart; sacramento tenus vs really; members unto Spirit; visible sacrament vs virtue

Teeth grasp the sacrament in a carnal/visible way, while spiritually we eat flesh and drink blood (City of God 21.15).of God 21.15).of God 21.15). Sacramento tenus vs really; by sacrament vs in the thing itself; bread outside vs inside; tooth vs heart.

Eat unto Spirit-participation so we remain members in the Lord’s body. Some belong to the visible sacrament, some to its virtue — visible food / sacrament / virtue distinguished; heavenly bread eaten spiritually (Psal. 77).

Latin

Carnaliter & visibiliter premere dentibus Sacramentum corporis & sanguinis Christi, & Spiritualiter manducare carnem ejus & bibere sanguinem ejus, de civitat. Dei lib. 21. cap. 15. Sacramento tenus, Corpus Christi manducare & sanguinem ejus bibere, & revera corpus Christi manducare & sanguinem ejus bibere. In Johan. tractat. 26. Sacramento corpus Christi manducare, & reipsâ Corpus Christi manducare. Manducare panem foris, & manducare panem intus. Premere panem dente, & manducare panem in corde, ibid. In Sacramento Carnem Christi edere, & Sanguinem Christi bibere, & in Johan. tract. 27. usque ad Spiritus participationem carnem Christi edere & Sanguinem ejus bibere, ut in Domini corpore tanquam membra maneamus. In Johan. tract. 26. quosdam pertinere ad visibile Sacramentum & quosdam pertinere ad virtutem Sacramenti, aliud esse Sacramentum, & Corpus & Sanguinem Christi, ad inquisit. Januarii cap. 3. qui visibilis est cibus, aliud esse Sacramentum in Johan. tract. 26. aliud virtutem Sacramenti in Psal. 77 secundum quam dicitur panis cælestis spiritualiter manducari, contra Max. lib. 3. cap. 12.

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