Note 61 — SERMON IV. TRANSUBSTANTIATION.

The words would not prove the doctrine of the Church of Rome, even if the soul and divinity were not added as they are. The utmost that could possibly be proved from them is, that the bread was his body, and the wine his blood. There is not a hint at the doctrine that the wafer alone is a whole Christ, including both body and blood. Indeed the addition of the words “This is my blood,” distinctly proves the contrary, it shows that both were not united in one. To avoid this obvious conclusion is, I suspect, the reason why the cup is withheld from the laity.