N . A Commomplace, or Theologicall appcll A % Printedby M. F. for J o H N C 1. ‘A R K, andafeio " THE NMME A L iERA ®Y 21 A21‘ H'PI ON, 1’ énciently given to the 6 HOLY TABLE V Difitourfc , in a Collcdgc Ch more than two yeares fince. % ~ BY CSEPHMEDE+B.D.3fld"F€llOW J OEC/ari/i‘}&Colleal(ge i : . ‘,?~}_ g M .. __, - V 5 ' ' .,. . ‘ ‘-‘I’. ' ‘ ‘ m__.,«“ ‘I _ “T " Lay} I ‘ J: ';~_:‘-5 "7/'5 . 37.‘. 3.7" - 5:, ""“§;Q=.’35;u‘a$‘.""¢x R _‘ 7:3 LONDON; V be {old at his Shgp Ender S. Peter: Church in Cornhill. ‘ * 11 Caméfidge. "" M .Df'(T3z }?”3k777r7. ~ treats, we commenced £9: any pee/iek I '.-:« T “at , W i - ~.’ i '* ‘i ""11"" 3‘ e i V - ‘ @ W‘ M M 5.5» ~ "* “ “ii ‘ i 9* ~5“_.‘§p' * .~,_ . ~ M ' |' . |: A ,_ , i ‘ 2‘, \ 4‘ I I V I,'‘ “‘ I ‘ ' i . 4 V \ I“. ' . W A _l I -‘ . ‘ \ ‘J ‘ “ ‘V’ . ‘ . ‘V -. I‘ _ . '* K '1 “fig ‘ ' ' . X 3‘ "' - s - *~ A ». ' ,. ‘lg ‘ M at 1 .. .J-., " “‘ 0 I ‘ W" I ‘ ‘grit n.s‘'- , J, ‘ft’. ,9 , i . 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But n2l2en,éy occtyion‘ oft/as lnte ‘-.—.——-..._______ fl_._—- any man: opinion or perflm finceinter» r efleo’ tloerein. ‘Tlont itmzenelzer inteno’etl/or the publick vicw,6ttt, no tbott may/Z enfibr perceive lo) t/Jeforme it carries an» altered, fittea’ properly to tlont private /fnolitory and time, Irberein it mo: at.- polemicksjt mu copieolont, to coma» nicnte to flame frienolx, for tloeirtéetter rejolution in the controverted point: it o/ottnoed to fitll into tlze bond: of/oime, wfiofo wellifietl it,n/5 tlmt tloej tleonglat, one time ofit: compofitre fieciofly con»- fltlereel , (wlviolo 5} may ojontttion were then prefixed in tbefront it would , oeing mete/epuolick, oonolnoetoppeoce, and /etling of men: mind: nnt/jno{ge.- ntent: in t/oi: one/lion; ‘T/Be [rope ofjo tie/ireoole tl#g00tl\ i .i.’f’._il , ., .........n.- n.»...,... .. . ., l ahroadyopermit it to the ‘Prcfle...For diflolve all dtflereneet ,/houlel now he... prevaileolwith the Author (otherwi/e the mo/Z unwifling of any man to came whom would it not grieve to fee , that the very NAM E of That, the approach whereunto, war wont, andflill/hould, come the oeceflon offo much quarrel! .? Thwmuch I ,§£’0Igh2£,g00d to aolmoa nifh thee :anel/o hoping thou wilt make a favourahle anu'candio’e eon/lruflion of what ieprefenteel unto thee, with no 0 ill meaning ( I dare afitre thee) I hid thee Farewell, Matth. 5. _....g bani: morilam contrarium,guo minim cum utilita- te’ pybliga» ignprimqtur, ita tamen, utfi nanintra tfex %P“K9x‘im?fl:aWet WP’? Mfletws Ego libentia fimozzininq zrrztqg Erlegi eruditum bum: Tra8atum,cuiTitu..A ha 6/1 [The Name Atrrn or ®” T2 1- A E T H'1> 1 o N,an%cicnt1y%givcn to the. HQLY TABLLJ in qua nibil feperio fame ”daElrijue,?4‘ut % Eix aedibu§Lambc- T R-‘oin cmépatri. & thanis 17. Ca1cn.§ DMD. ArCh- Cant- Junii, 16 37. Saccllanus Domcfl. A f 4 G uIx_..~B~n.AAAY'. —~ *~ 1‘ V u, I" f’ , -» 4 I W M. " ,. .‘ , \_ .- ., ""--. » - ' -J~.""-“"'-- v»,..- "- - =‘.7\‘*':-be-% \. - . -4.... M-—.. I OfthcNamc al}£l%R, Q 'r21Az1*H'pIoN,' A‘ ancicntly given :9 the no LY 1‘&:\BLE. M Cbfippcfl Canzmonap/ace. flu. 1641;}. SECTION I. Aiv 1 (N G madcfo long ” 3 2 Traétation about the % Eucharifl or Chriflian ,_ I21crifice,Iholditnotun- the: Theme, to fpéakc fomcwhat of the {care or raifcd fabrickc whcrcon this holy myflcry hzthbccxie ‘cc- .......:..A w “J % B % ‘# iSeé’t. 1. (23 lebrated; as an appendix to my formerdill eourfes thereof: And the rather , becaufe {ome quefiions and fcruplcs are moved thereabout. And though others common- ly pronounce ofthefe things according to vulgar opinion and hear-fay, without fur- ther {catch and enquiry; yet it becomes not~ us,vvho livein the Schools oftheProphets, a to doe fo 5 but to give our verdiét , when we doe give it,out of judgement and due “ examination. To come then to the matter ; The fear and celebration olfthisl holy myflerie, was ThCHOLYTAB LEGIALTA Rzforby both thefe names hath that lacrecl Bier: ( as I may call it) of the body and bloud. of Chrifl bin ever promilizuoully and indifle. W Irently called in the Church. Of the name T A B L B there is no quefliong, it is granted by all : But concerning the name 6) I2 I A- l 2 T HPP I ON OIAL 1‘ A R, many will not beleeve it. Let us therefore fee , what ma be alledged for the antiquity of the ufe of 1 it,as Well as of that of T A B L E. And take them or raifed fabriclc , appointed For the letting a notice, I A lhould be diflblved , cxprefles himfelfe at?- i‘‘ corpora Domim'.Er;go dcvotum Dee ob/equtum ..... (3)#“_ notice, that Ifpeake not here, either of the matter or form (wherewith men are wont to entangle this queflzion) but of the name and nation onely, twhatfoevet the Forme or matter were. ‘ I will begin with Tcrtuflian, the mofl ancient of the Latine Fathers now extant; 7 Termllidx Sea. l. .1j}:t’ E .Afi._200¢ ’ who flourilhed about 100. yeares after the I . ‘ death ofStIolm the Evange1iH:,and zoo. af- A ter the birth ofChriPt. Hee in his booke fie Or atiarmig: fine,reprehending their fcru- pulofity, who thought it not folawfull to artake the Eucharifl upontheirflation or weekly fafhdayes , left their Fail thereby ter this manner. “ Similitcr deflationum diebu:,( faith he)non “A putantpleriquc fdcrificiorum orationilms in-» “ tcrvmiendum, quédflatiofolvmda /it accepto “tEuchari/iia refolvzt, an nmgia Dee obiigat? “ Namzefiélennior crit/latio tua,fi U‘ ad Axum “Deifletcri«:? Accepto carport ‘Domini (9 re-- “]ervato,utrumquefalvum 4?, wparticipatio “ facrificiifii‘ executio officii. B 2 A Again M.” U W“ --» W , , 1 " H’ V H’ ‘ 4 ‘mt... "‘°"}' A x ml‘ 1' ‘ . «pg, leg I" 4‘ g t..~-my A,~ —4u\>-l'I W . See alfo c. to. w...- .T,_ M V") ,. M , ‘V ,. I -« V A V.‘ «W. ..w.,‘. ...“...m. . )('VIfl, . M. , “ , ,_ ( Seéi; 2 ' Cyprian flu! ‘ the Eucharifl; F0 was that ofA L 1‘ A R. for the H OiLY TABLE! Befides that , the An. 2510. V ifervcd it ten times at leafl in his Epiiiles Agiaine, in his ID: exbortatiana ca/fitatia, c. 1 oen'dcavouring to prove (though erro- neouf1y)that a Foule cotnfcitous of the aét of the ifiiairiagié bad, could n'ot be Ht for the duties of prayer and devotion, he fpcakes “thus 5 Sifpiiiitiza rem apudfe /it, <9" eon/icicm 4?‘ tin crab:/cit, quomodo audelait orationem Jdi-H e“ car‘: ad Altme A I A Théfe two" places fhevv,thht in Tertulli. tans ti me,as thehame fizcrifice was ufed for “prayers of the Church ufcd there to be of- ‘fcscd up unto God. t J Within 50. ycares after Tertuflian lived?" S” Cyprian, B9 of the fame Church-, where Tertullian was iPr“csbytct: To whom ‘thisi *lTanguégegvvas fo familiar, that I have ob. jonelyz but vvhcther he ever ufcth the unmet T A B L E, tli know not. Ivvill recite onely { 5. or 6. of the molt pre'grIant iandievitdent placegand not eaifie to be eluded. And firfi,tha.t in his XLIIQ EpiPt“. or 2. J_dCarnelium 5 Where, to Ibcwghat he fa. ‘Ffuerant, arerltatianibmcriminq/is, re_/fmimmgw e claming againfi fome lapliid Chriflians, ' (s) med then of the lawfulnelfe of his elec‘;’tion,-, he relates, That, having read his letters in the.Church allembly, he refufed to publifh thofe Libellous criminations againll: him,» which iNofvatiamu had fen-t by his meffen- iroured hispart againfl tNavatiamu , i at the V ’ beginning, though he was not fully enfor- “ gets tolbe there read. Honoria(Faithhee,) “ communi: memores, 0* gravitatia /acerdotalis * “acfrmfiitatis re/]aeElum tenentes, ea qua: ex ‘F diverfo in librum ad nos tranfmijjum Cong:/la “ con!/iderantes [writer 0'' ponderante-5, qmid in ‘ ‘ tantafratrum,r:.lt;giofoquc conventu, can/idem “ tilms Deiflaccrdot:'Im5,(9* ALTA nu 1=-osrro, “ nec legi dcbeangnec audiri? Tis a clefcrip.. tion or periphrafis of an Ecclefiaflicall ail fembly, or, as he calls igreligiofu: mnventm. Likevvlfe in his‘.LV. Epifl. wherede- who in time ofperfecution having facrifi- ced unto; Idols,wcre yet F0 proud and i'nl"o.. lent, as to endeavour by threats _and Vin..- hvvithoutt undergoing publique yenance, lensce to be received again into the Church, B 3 and J , i ‘A_h“~ <6) isceex. " Caizfijfus her: notes the place as in Greeke '2vV§J‘gzoV. on this manner: If fuch infolcncy asthis be tolerated, and thole who facrifice unto I dole, once come to he received againe intn” the Church, without due fatisfaétion; Q41 “fupere/2, quzim at Ecclc/in Cdpitolio cedar; er “ recedentibmfacerdotilwuc , ac Domini nab/iri “ A L 1' A R. E remavmtilme, incleri mylriflg- “ cram rvenerandumque C o N s 5 s s uM¥~* (i. “ e. in Presbyterium,feu 6 a’uy:@ Bane)/imu. “ lacbra atque Idola cum Ants/up’: trarifeanht Againe, in his LXlV.Ep.againfl one Ebr- tunatiamu a Bifhop, who. having lapfed in the time ofperfecution, would neverthel- lefle return: to the office of a Biihop, hcc “ hath thefe Words : Cum debut/iztisfaccre “ (rad Dominum exorandum diebus ac noBi— “ bus, lacbrymis U‘ 0 ration xbus (9~ pp-ecibu; in- “ cumbere; audet /Ibi adlmc /acerdotium, quad 1"‘ pradiditfvindicargqua/ipql A R A 5 E5450]; “ accea’ereadA L 1' A R E Deifaa fit. And in “ the Elm: Ep. Ne tales ad ALTA R15 impia... “ manta ('9' rontagia fratrum denuo redeangom. “ nibm rviribus excubandmn efl. In thcfé mm 121} places note, 1. The name ALTAR ufed A‘ for ‘. anii the fatisfafiion accufiomed; he fpcaike; . W‘ A 77) for the Hour TABLE. t 2. That thofe Fa» thers, when they would diflinguifh be- tweene the A L T A R of the true God, and the A L 1‘ A R s of Idols,doe ufually call the one A1tA,and the other ALTARE5 ofvvhich more hereafter. e A fourth tefiimony is to be found in his LXX. Epifi. ad Ianuar. 0 aeteros, where to prove that Heretikcs cannot give true Bap- “ tifme, he reafons thus 5 ‘Porro autem (faith “ he) Eucbarijiia, (9 , rmde Baptiaati ungun- f‘ tar, alarm, in ALTARI jan£lificatur.San£i'i- '~ “ ficare autcm nan potuit olei creaturam, qui mac “ A L 1' A R 2 balmit nec Ecclefiam. Vnde am “ unfiio flriritrtlis "apud Hcereticos pate]! cjfe, “ guamfa conflct, oleum fhnfiificari, ea“ Eucba-. “ rifliamfieri apud 1'00: omnino non poj]E. )4 A Hf: tefiimony ofthis ufe of fpeech we H" rims fémflm {ypum Dominici /acrificzi ante “ prremonflmtjmmolatu: boflioe,(9* punish 0*‘ mi. “ ni;f¢d (9 A L T A R 1 S, (7 Ape/iolorum faul- “ ensmmtianem. Sapientia , inquit , .edifica- , “ raitfibi dam um , <9‘/uladidit columnasfcptem, may have in his LXIII. Epiflz. Ad Caecilzum,| “ where he faith, Sed (7 per Salomoncm Sp.’-‘ maflevit __, ~—r u <3) 5661.1. " As rj!tbm2ar- fizz: likewifc doth .D.f,7mt‘. cor2t.x1rri.zmz in Cou.Nic.p.; o. To.1.rrgafore_(ocr, 737455‘: (inq nit) T3 $532101! (‘)U0'l- otrégffqj/,wat2 ‘Ev’ ar.U'7'qa c£.{.'2:‘01I 3 gca~ wax! mu corp-Deep — 701/. expounded Salomonsmm I “ rnaélavit fuaxshbeflias, mifluit in cratera rui- “ mmzftmm, vptravit men/£zmfuam,(9* miflt “ fervas fuos, convoccms cum excel/¢ prxdicati- “ one ad crateram,dicens,<9*c. A like‘ paffagc whcrcto is to be found aifo in his Teflimaniorum adveg/in Iudaor , “ Lib. 2} c. 2. 9'\ue2dfl»:pienti¢13ci(f7x'ifluc,€9* “ dc Sacramento tincarnaiania ejm, £9‘ pdflianis “ <9‘ calicia, Z9‘ ALTAnIs,0* Ape/Iolmtm qiti‘ “ famdicaverunt [ 'I’cPti momumt tcattat] “ ‘aptud Salamanem in paraemiia : Sapimtia xdi- “ficavitfibi domum, (9 /ttbdidit colummw/ep-. “ tam, mafiawt A bojiicwfuatg‘, tmfcuittin camera “ rvinumfuum, Aw‘ paravit um‘:/am, cw. By which two paflégcs itappcarcsythat the namedltartwas fofamiliartly and ordi- narily ufcd tof the «Holy Tcxlvle in histimc, that he interprets Salomon: at Mmflzby that name, tanquam per natiua, as by the tbcttcr “knownc. Othcrwifé what nacda he have ~ fit by Altar: Cbrifli? Menfi: Qbrt/ii would have fcrvcd the tutnc. I havcdcduccd thcfi: tcflimonicstofcjprian the more at large, btccaufi: F that}: ohjc€ti- ons Wont to bcallcdgcd out toftxlrnobim to 4.. the T . . w 1' l I (9) thecontrary , who notwithflanding lived r 50. yeares after him.And out of Laélantim, who being Tutor to Con/iantines {on pm, was yonger then he. Not long after Cyprian, about the yeare 260. lived Zeno Veronenfis , as appeares by himfelf in his book fie Continmti2.Cajézubon calls him Scriptor rvetu/ii/rim»: Z9‘ elegan; tifsimm. This Authorin the 9. of his Pal: chal Sermons xfd Neophyte: , Invitatione ad Fsmtem tertiat, {ayes of the Church , then a child-bearing mother unto God of many ions by Baptifme , that lhee broughe forth farre cleaner children , than a naturall Mo- ther ufeth to doe , being her felfe non fetidia “ cum}: ,fed/have redolentibm SACRI ALTA- “ Iusfazlicitcr enutrita canceI1x3:.Hereit is not onely ALTARE, but ALTAR I s cancefli , the fepts whereby it was feparated from the ref’: of the Church ,or place of facred affem. bl . {find for the dayes of Conflantine (vvhof: raigne began fome 5o.yeatcs after)Eu]ébim hath left us a copy ofa panegyrick Oration made at the dedication of a liumptuous and C mag» l “'1 Scot. I. £Z?noPQ7a- nwqfi344#. 26o. .__I ON Ev “ ,cce’o-cg 953;, @*[acrofizn£lo A L TA R 1 in media “ coflocatoszfla rwfm,[cJs also ’e’m vz»'E'g m;\>to'I's éééacmj »= [“ at d maltitudinir ac'crflt4 pro/niberentur , 7'07; “ Qfzfizw ’53(l‘;Jé§O(_9/c)LT7‘& é‘um-u’or: , reticular} ope- “ ria cancellia ex légno fi2l2r:mtt3* t:irmndedzt', ‘f adeé ad fimzmum fzlertia arti/iciie/aboratia, “ ut mimbile intztentibm preheat /}>eéT?arulum. “ Loe here againe , A L T A R E , and 64116805. “ ejm. But the ‘fame Eufclvimlin his booke De full paflagc , and which fhevvcs this lan- guage to have bcene at that time common and ufuall, For there, magnifying andfet-I ting forth the Ptupenclious and unparalleled tellified abundantly by that won~cle:rfull 35 had _laudz'l=m Con/?_antini,verfit»: finem,hath a more A never before exemplified change,Which‘he (H) M % t ( had then‘ Wrought in the A world ‘; amongfl See}. I . “ other inflances he hath this paiiage; ma “ alim,[oloServatare noflro exceptogoépulorz 26144 “ /uia incrumta C9“ rationalia/acrificm precilms “ 0* arcami ®eoAoyz’qt pemgenda, tradidit? Q39- as g,_,,,,. ‘‘ rum cau/2 tum ALTARIA in toto terrarum or- "”"“"""”'““”3"95’.°’*5 rzrwv ®ua1ats*i¢~ “ be con/Zztuta /unt, tum Ecclefiarum dcdicatia- i W 0"v;*5~s‘**’{~*i>'- 5 KaM10'Ia):/’T§ dtpiu “ nes fczéhz 2 /‘olz’qz4e omnimn moderatori T)eo,di..s e;_>c5g,¢d7c5. “ rvinaA/acrificiorum,/ola mente (9 ratiene o6e- — “1¢nJorui72, mfnifleria ab omnibus gentibus ex» 9‘ bibita; /dcrificia rveréjéngfuine , cruare, (vi “ fume peragifolitawrvi quadam occulta 19* in-‘ “ rvi/iluli , deleta 0 extinélafzmt. Loe here: “ A L T A R I A in toto terrarum orbeconflitutafig “ for the ofletitmg 6f the Chtiflian facti—- r“ Hce. W I]c*.‘1“($ I th,vfrtJ£;1')t not good to omit, that ””"”"”‘ ’’‘’°’‘ , I /zd»e0s€b"Cic7at. what Bujebiu: fpeakes here of the world in ‘W. «W 5 ” W ,_ H . _ _, 1: !.5t. general} , S‘ C. brjjo/lame affirms In pattlcular 1 Toriz. 6. “ ofotu: Beh«:eeitifI1Hands :, Kat‘: faith he) 5:4‘ F" ‘S’ \ N C '3 \ I ‘ I ./4 B‘F6WMv‘m‘ vncrox, au 5’ ’}a.>toLrzh1s éxxroe: nezyiuaa mu--htt ( ‘r’ ( -7115 , Q c‘}rw?rrc_3 ‘gave: 55* ébvofluems 8' “ 54’o3‘ov'7o. CE‘ xxézmt ,E1c.>c?u1orz’a.ug (D T“ “ 2 -I A E T I-1'12 I A mmfyam . The .’Brmfl2; I “ Ilands , which be out oftbiafea, zmd are C2, ” the '.~ "I J } Setit. A2 . '- «H " L!‘ ‘V .f“‘~: 13".,‘ '}-ch’. A‘-‘:13’ -’.'_ I. - ""3 '1. ‘L La") ‘U ‘{;Ai¥‘.’ZA"c‘.‘*.?;9.§ mam Seem «mm. any 3&4?» mi‘ Me A Mb wt; (12) 1 “ the Ocean it /elfe , have felt the power 0‘/the “ Word : for even there aye Churches and A L- “ T A R s are erefled. i 3 i ? . ~ T ~.'.v tr -:1? «$5 01% 623C» ,5» fie '.»’?¥‘:% ¢*.‘i‘.':t’5 .“.’5‘ veg“ ” SECTION II. To ancient as that of T A B L B. So {ome of H ‘L. Chrifl, and Forward , the name i of A L T A R was much frequen- ted,but before that time it cannot be Ihew... ed to have bin tried by the teflimony of any Authentique writer; and therefote nothing ours aflirme indeed 5 but they will be tryed A by no other Authors , and records ofthole times , than fuel: onely as themfclves hold for genuine, as Iuflin Martyr, Theophilm An. ti0C,7€7mS3II"€nc€1lS, or it may be another fmall 'Fraétator or two (with whom this name is not found.) Ofwhom the works of the two principalhluflin and Irm.th.c mofl like.- J Iy to have enformcd us,arc necrthe one half pctifhed. But ‘ theirs, which remaine,if that of ablation and facrifice%A(for which the name of A L T A R is \ _4 or not, given to that , (13) But before I make further anfwer to this exception ,1 would know , to What end it is made , and what advantage the Authors thereof doe hope to gaine by it. For the reafon, I think Why the name ALTAR is fol much fcrupled at , is, becaule it is thought to imply facriflce. But Iuflin Margzr and Ire ; mews are wellienough knowne 3 to call the A Euchatifi both an ablation and [acrifice : yeah i the latter to dwell upon that theme. What gaine is there then 3 that the name A 1.- 'r A R is not to be found in thoie works of difliked) be 3 Belides, what likelihood,that thofe who conceived oF the Eucharill un- der the notion of a Sactificeflhould not call the place theteofias Well as their Succeffors i did , @r2IA2'rH’1nIoN 2 at Secondly] would know of the Authors 8c ufers of this excegtion , Whether in thofe Writers and Fathers before the zoo. yeare after ChtiPt‘,w°“ they acknowledged for_gc.. nuine, the name 0i:TABLEl)€ to be found; a C 3 Euclaarifl -. vvhereon. the holy \ Secft. 2.‘ 1 ‘ _,. .»-....—ov-«~""""'"‘T' ._....u--an ‘ to mention this lacred B o A R D either by ‘ they have not Ihewed it mee. And there: WWiiii( I 4) Eucbartfl was celebrated. Ifit be not, then this exception ofzoo. yeares afier Chrifl , (Which yet is but 100. after the Apoflles) makes nomore againfi the one,than the o. extantof the Fathers,which then lived For by this itwill appear, they had no occafion one name orother in thole works of theirs which are left unto us. Now for my part, though I have with diligence foughtto in- forme my felfe herein, yet hitherto it hath never been my hap to finde A the Name of T A B L E in any of them more then ofAL.... T A R. I have enquired of others , and yet i fore till I fee it , I will beleeve it cannot be fhewne. A ‘ ._ But perhaps you will fay, What matters it, whether the Fathers, We Fpeake of, have it , or not, if the Scripture hath ? For doth ther, ifneithet he to be found in the works i “ not Saint (Paul fay ,2’an cannot bepartakers, “ Devils .3 Tis true. There is this only place to be alledged to that purpofe 3 I know no t other. a “ of the Table of the Lord , and of the Table of l 05> other. Andyer this too,if the judgement of F0 me ofour owne Expoiitors be taken , is not i ufficient to prove it neither. F or Table here might lignific , not the iniirument or feat, but the Epulungor meat it felf;it being the ufe of all Languages (learn lure ofthofe learned ones) to exprelle dyer by Tcrlale; yea whether it be let thereon, or not. And the matter of the Apollles difcourfe feemes to require this fenle : For he {peaks ofIdolae— rbyta, or meatsficrificcd to Idols.’ And not to he out-vyed with Antiquity, I could like» wife (as fome doe) parallel this place for T A B L E, with another, of a much like nae ture, for the name A L T A R ; namely, that Heb. 13. Where the Apollle faith, Wee ( i. e. Wee Chriflians)bave an -ALTA R jnvbereqfcbqy, Imve no rigbtto cat: which fiirvc attlae Talvcrna. cle. [know What you would be ready to " except ;namely, ' That by the ALT~AR here named , is meant Chrifi, which I for my owne part fhould willingly ad mic, lb itbc underflood with this caution 5 iChril’r as he is to be eaten in the Euc~hariPr.Por the Ape: file fpcakcs here of an i A L‘ T A R.-£0 «be eaten 0 “Sect. 2 ii i ._.._..A... (16) Sec}. 2. . mane: Apfljfo or feat,but the facrifice uféd thereon. Thus . againfl the other,vve have not all this while Canons called the Apofiles EW/hich though years after ChriPt,being not improbably to l of; which is not the materiall inflrument, i F thefe two places capable of, if not requi- ring the like interpretation , be let the one found one jott more For the Antiquity of the name TABLE than OFALTAR. But now to anfwer more directly to the Chgeflion , Whether the name of A L T A R were ufed in the Church before 200 . years a after Chrill or not .3 I anfwer, It Was. For proofe whercoF,w by may I not alledge the the Apoflles compiled not,yetarc morean. cient fure( at leaf’: many ofthem)than zoo. be thought to have been the Codex Czmammz, whereby the Church in thofe firil ages (ef- pecially of the Orient)was ordered and go- verned. And in Q1_cPcions of ufc and cu~ Home (fuch as this is) not genuinenels of Titles onely , but wbatfoever Antiquity , though masked under a wrong and untrue name,may_ be admitted,I tl1in‘lC,t0 give evi-‘ dence according to the agethcreof.Befides, 1.54 ~wV""" "'l"7" If. _t M ( I7) Ifit becredible,that the Apofiles, or thofe “ Seétz. to whom they committed the Churches,l Apoflolicall men, might leave, unto their Church fome rules of Order 8: Difciplihe, . fnovv- balls to receive increafe by new ad- befid es thoie mentioned in Scripture, (and whence otherwile {hould thofe Catho-5‘ lique and generally received traditions of i the Church be derived? ) why may not fome ofithefe,wlrieh beare that name, be“; of that number? And if any be, then none more likely then thofe which are firPt in, order: namely,becaufeco1leé’tions of this nature are wont in proceile of time like ditions ever and anon put unto them, and yet notxvithfianding continue Ptill the name 8: Title of their firfl Authors;though fometimes not the one halfe of the con- tents vvil be owned by them.Upon which fupbpofition we have, for the refolving of the prefent queilion, as much advantage as can be; confidering, that the Canon wee are to alledge, is the fiecond, or at the molt (according as forne others divide themilmt the third in order from the beginnings -‘Mid « fo. fl _ < _._........m l iSe€t. 2. " Gr. )(_iJ‘peL z.‘rz"tic.5. gram. 1%" fizz (mt T(J_flz$.Lfl" tini Gm7zcxz3 dz- tim:c %" XiJ‘gcoV vid. LX X.Lcv. 2.14.16 Et ca. 2.3, 14 Cafattb. in Athcnoaum 1177.14, I6.Ma[e bit‘ btzl/22712072 ct ,:zlz7j,tLcgzzmirm. Confer Can. Syn.”C :1 rtlt-mg . Ilct l9tzbrt,_. Hi} i ab’/T3 ga,¢U?\mz/ xgu 0'1‘ W. i “ rvini loco liceramfludimécan/efifamxml aver, xerc.Dcflg7;I.?fiezz~ 1 A incen/Ema: implying , that at another time (13) fo (howfoevet the collefiion hath in time beene encreafed) one of the firfi and moi’: ancient ofthem-Let us therefore hear how it fpeaks. W A “ CANON A P 0 51'. 11. Si quis Bpi/copm “ ant Tresbyter prceter 1)omim' de flzcrzficio or.- “ dirmtionem [.i. praeter panem 8c vinum] “alia qmedam [’e?n‘ «m‘ er: LA 2: TH’1> ION] “ adAL'r.Aka attulerit,/ive mel, fivelagfive “ Fuel anizmzlia quoevia (przeter ordinationem) “ deponamr. iPI'c(3t€I" >5 nova farm, amt Vvam temper: opportunagzon Iicitum efio aliud quid ad A L T A R E (qucim oleum ad luminare,@* inceni-J fimzfiempore /(H1348 Olalatiomlr cfiérre. Here the nameea T2 I A E TH'P ION or ALTAR is twice ufed for the Hour TABL The latter part of the Canon the Greek hath thus: '7z'?\i»,V veciiiv pcifipwv ,3'§g'oo<;Du?Ci1'5 Tsilmflwlpégi 'rg3'J\éoVT:, mi E5311 iiqw rw'e9auti4yaof)'ot.i '71 iirepdu 4259'; em‘ ®umot9~»'1pzov, 3) 'e'Aouou 54} Tim‘ Aupcufatv Q 9ug;'-- ; ob/.400, TC‘¢?76oL1p‘L‘«)~ ti‘ tic’)/£rd.5 @t3d§Dopa'Z9. Where 6011* fidegvvhethetit might not be read, éhouov ’ I i I 33 ‘}u,LucL,uoL, that Is, {he oleum ad Iummare,fivc “""“-"'|'I-9-nu-u-on-»"*""'*-'v~v-v~u»u-..«.... _, L ..m..m..., .,‘..ggp..—....‘,.,, V % the y """""‘ ‘‘¢‘‘'‘‘‘‘‘''‘‘‘'''''"' '' "‘ *"*'V"""'~"- -was as i ‘l\» .- II .. K’ MI» W%%-‘ go... janfhe ()blationi5,at the time of the holy Eu- * and of the right meaning of the Canon (be- (19) they might be offered there,but not tempare charifi. For the better judgement whereof, : caufe the readings, diPciné’tion,tand tranfla- V tions fomewhat vary)take alfo a Canon of the Councell of Carthage under Aurelim (flimo ;o7.)very like unto it,and made un- doubtedly in imitation thereof. “SYN. CART!-I.CAN.APl1D B At.- “ SA M. L Non licere [meter panem 0' “ fvinum aqua mixtum,,quidquam inflznlflrls my. “flertia oflerre. V t nibil mnplids, qucim Carpm t j t‘ at Sanguis Dornini ofireratur, quemadmodum “ Dominw: ipfe tradidit, bot cfl , ?anx3.r 2'?‘ mi.- “ num aqua mixtum. ‘I? rimitia: autem,five mel, “five lac, tfi‘?:rantur,ut maria eftjtmo die confue. “ ta, ad Infantium my/Zerinnr (puta in Baptif-— “ mo.) Et/i enim maximé ad A L 1' A R. a afie- “ rantur, propriam tamen fuam lmlveamt lzenedi... ‘t fliamm. Nibil autem amplim in primitiis “ [nimirum adAltare, in fanétis myftcriis] “ ofiiratur qmim ex Vvia (5”frmm’nt0- which oneiy were permitted to be offered at the time of the Eucharifl (as” may Ieeme) be- t D 2 caufe Se é’t.2. # (20) See}. 2. Yleaufé: Bread and Wine are made of them. But I will not fer: my refl upon a Pfeud. epigraphall Teflimony, but alledgea Wit- nefle pal} exception, and for antiquity be- ond them all. And that is, that hol and _ Y _ Y e1.£””f’“‘ 517- bleffed Martyrlgmzttm Bifhop of that City, /Izmacb. ’ . . .. where the manic of Chrtfilans was firfl gl- ven to the Difeiples ofChriPc; who lived &F1wthe latter end of the ApoPclcstimes. This blefled Martyr in thofc Epiflles of his ( which none that are learned or judicious now make queflion of) thrice ufeth the name @r2IA2‘rrH’1>Io N or ALTAR A for the Lords T A B L E, in hisdE_pifllcs /cl Ct"l>iladeipI:enfes, Trallen/2:, & Epbeyiat. In the firfi whereof Ad ~’P/piladelpb. he fpeaks thus : “ Scribe ad was, monedque at and fide, mm “pnedicatione, mm Zinc/aariflia utamini : um: “ illimflznguia, qué pro nolvis efiia/in 2/}, mm»: “ item [M7255 omni5m%crmfra5‘2ts‘: <19 unm CA- 1“ L I X, gui omnibus clzflributm e/25 zmum A L- "‘ T A K eonmi Eccle/Lexy‘ mxm Epifcopm cum .*z>.:»,;z, “ Presbterio £9‘ 73i.4eom35eco:zervi5dme13s. In J 2 4 “M this place *Vedelim exprefly acknowled. ..».m_~—-as-—......,.._, ......—-..o-.-« 4..-an-... --.-....—....‘-M... W, 4..., -w.m..m.-..... .....‘.‘..‘_ .,....u-a-.p‘,»p.....~»...—»..¢.......~.'t ‘Mr VIVA . . ,,.‘ ,_m_, _,_,,.,..........,“ ,. . .,.,.._, _,_,____W_ \ “ mime care Domizzino rile uhCl2ri i dunno: - 9 geth Md (ii) geth the name A L '1' A R to be ufed by [gna- tias for the Hour T A 13 L E.( though 0th€t- Wile he be no friend to that name) becauie he knew not how to elude it. I thought good therefore to put it in the head of the file, to leads on the ref’: which follow. W/hereof e That Ad Epkefios fhail havethe next placegwhere exhorting them to be fubjeét, and at unity with their Bifhop and Presby- “ terie,- hee enforceth it thus; Nemos arm, “’ (faith“he)z2i/I quiz: intm.A L TA R E/1‘t%[Gr. “ cfimig vz-§ G» "r IA 2 T 1-1111’ 0 T ] priwztur “ pane flei. Si enim unius auto alterius precatio “tantarum virium fit, at Cbrtflum inter illos “flatuat, quantoplus Epifcopi (7 totius Eccle. “‘ fie oratio confima ad Damn a/cendem (for this ‘‘ ufed to be prelentedsafit the /fltar)%exoral>it, “ at omnia quiepetiverint in Clartfloflentur ipfis? As if he had laid, Be not deceived, but take notice,that as every one vvhois not at peace with his brother, is excluded {min the Al.- t»ar,[Mate.5.] [0 much more, he that through A difobedience, is in fchifme 48¢ digrcotd with his Bifhop and fpirtitua,i1Fathers, is exclu- D a dedé J Scéi. 2. W§e€t-2- the name of the whole Church..Which , i “ ‘}umE5v, er Eccle/ictprimggcnitarum confcriptm (22),? lded thcncegthatis, hath no right to offer ved ofthc Bread of God (the holy Eucha» riPt)and of the benefit ofthofe precious and efficacious prayers therewith offered up to Godby the Bifhop and Prielily Order, in how great a benefit it is, may appcare by this ,That if the prayer of one or two be of that eflicacic,as to place Chrifl in the midi’: ofthem; how much more {hall the united prayer of the Bilhop,& the wholc__Church be of force to prevail with the. Divine Ma- jcfiy , to grant them all they {hall askc in “ Chrif’t’s name .3 It followcs, Qz_u'[z1ui»s igi» “ tar ab biz:/eparatur, neque concurrit cum .C3r;A§ “ rum in cwltk, Lupus e/Hub ovina pelle faciem 'a C/aryliansicoat. W/here by any ‘}u:r1c'3r/J Con... rcalbn or copy 5 in Head ofr3aA§§' °,uar5v reade Cami s “ mmtiem man/uetam: That is , An Infidefl in cilium or Senatm facrifiriarum, hce under» {lands the Bilhop andhis Clcrgieyvho are Smatus rei YDivime,or/acrzlxfaaiundzls. There- fore Vcdeliugwho will needshergwithout his gift thcreatgancl confequcntly is depri-~ y ‘ nerallfhould be the Altar Igrzatim here (23) Ben? Zmfcuv (the better to make way for his conceit, that the-‘body of the Church in ge- {peaks of) did but correét the Magnificat, and pervcttlgnatiws his meaning,which he ’ underfiood not. For thatthis which I have Iaichis the meaning of I gnatim in this place, appcarcs more plainly by the third tefiimo... ny I am now to alledgc of his fvig, “‘ Ex Epi/?.x!d T R A L L EN s E s ante med. “ Reveremini (inquit) Eipi/cajmm 41/cflrum/7-A “ cut Cbrz/lam, quemdclmodmn beati nobisprm “ ceperunt xfpojfoli. 9%’ intra A L TA 11 E eff, “ mtmdm eflg quart: 0- abtemferat Epifcapo 0* “ Tresbyteris. «vi rverti extra efl , bio efl qui “ fine Epifcopofl’ iesbytertlr 0‘ Diaconie quippi. “ am agit, ea‘ talia inquinatam babet con{cienti.- “ am, 6" Infideli dcterior e/Z. i. H: is a ‘Woolf in a {beeps skin,as he {Bid in the other Epi- Ptle. The places are twins, and the one is a glofle unto the other. A " ’ Now, by warrant ofthefe teflimonies, I think I may fifely conc*lud'c,that the ufc of the nameo T I A2 T 1-1'9 1 on or ALTAR for ought that any hitherto hath fliewed E0 Scét. 2, h <24) §eé?t.2. sl« to the contrary) is no lelle ancient in Chri- flianity, then that of1éps‘t¢-poivmgx, of the Ho». lyT AB LE.orTABLr.~'.oftheLord.And that both have beene promifcuooufly nfed from theApofiles times. I A Nor is it any matvaile it lhould be F0,-For theft: names are of an equivalent notion , and fignifie one and the felflame thing. For what is an Altarabut ofthofe kind of things We call Tables? what Genus elfe can we re- notes not a common, but an Holy Talzlej a Table for an H sly Feaflfuch as I have hereto- fore fhewed a Sacrificerto -be, Epulum ex ob- latir, or a Peal’: of an Oblation made unto God. That is, there is no more difference another cup and a Chalice. An /lltar is not every Tabhgor a Table for a common fcafl , l but an Holy Table, and an Holy Table is an Altar. The difference is not ( as many lirp-- ,poli:) either in the matter,as ofwood or Home: For an Altar may bcofwood (as both the golden Ajltm-,and that ofbnrnt o£ ifering werein the Tabernacle, namely of T l Shittirn s ferre it to? The difference is, That an Altar V between a Table & an Altar, then between ' “ Table. Tbic Holy Altar(f1ith Gregory N)/1 (z5> Shittitn wood) and a Table may beeof 5€‘5’f- 2- Prone : nor in the poflzure or manner of Handing, whether in the middle,or againfi: a wall; (for the Altar of burnt offering flood in the midfi of the Priefls court, and the Altar of Incenfe up againfl the Vail ) but this is the true difference, that aTal:leisa common Name , andan Altaris an Holy “‘ fem, Scrmone dc Baptai/mo)u2/zereat wefland, , ¢‘ is by nature 4 common flone, nothing dzfle- “ ring from otber jlatesm-lvut being conjicrated “to the jérvice of God , and having received “ the benediélion, it is 'l‘€)c,'7£EC:oL cc¢')’l,GL, ®ucrzotr;':iptov “ ,;{,XW»m, 3 anffilj Table , an Alterinvio- lable. See hee makes one to be the axe. 3;/is of the other . For in times pafkwhen men perhaps were as Wrfe, as we are novvle in was thought fit and decent , thatthings mm and in ‘ xname alfo from things common. For fer apart unto God , and {acted , fhonld be fo,.ma,,dM,i, diflingutfhed , not onely in ufe, but in gglaijgg; f[f;;l Airzfvrzrtlr up~ , m-£"U.I n 00 what is a Temple or Cburcb , but an Houfc? é iiir i:><)ti'$9i:£?n- ftity ant au1- Ygtfl difiinguifhed in name from other &ificm,,w,,_ }‘ .__ A‘ 5.* f,p>s: 2-szr-=-§.A__r=~4sz—_-L A — Houfes. What is a Sacrifice , huta Pea .31 §g;:g(?nf1%1“i“ A W E yet ...._......_...|. ($3) Sent 2. _ ryet difiinguiflaed in name from other Feafizs. So what is an Altar, but a Table 2 yet diflinguifhcd in» name from otherTables. Well; let all thisbe granted, may fome man Iéy, that there is no greater difi”elr~erice bctweene thefi: two names,than as you aF- firme;yet oughtthc language of the ilhurtch to be conformed to the Pcyle of the New Teftament. But where in the New Tel’ca- whereonto ground the applicatione of this name to the Holy Table? Ianfwer, T here,I am prone to beleeve, whence they derived the t0Hation of the Bread and Wine in the attheir entrance tl1CrLlm:05(VVl'1C1‘C the Dea- one to falute his brother in token ofrecon- “ mon upon the Mount, viz. Ifthm brirtcge/3 “ tb)IrG I F T unto the A L 1' A R, and tberere» ment fhoulcl tholh Ancients find any Text, Eucharifl, and that Rite of Reconciliation- con was wont to proclaime M»? 725 7(9cTol.. mas, Ne quit contra aliquem , or in {ome A other words to like either; and then every ciliation and peace)and that was from that l Ordinance ofour blefl%d6‘avit>urin hisfiierv ’ “ mambre/Z that thy Qrotloermbatb o-uglgt again]? ‘ t at i tIaee,, V “ then come and cfiér thy GIFT. Which Scrip- V fome Rite to his Church, in Read, and af- ‘ ter the mane: of the Sacrifices of the Law, ~ Rite of Peace and reconciliation before the W (27) " “ thee , leave tiny G1 1' T before the A L '1' AR sea. 2. “ amdgoe , be reconciled to thy Brother , and tore they make to be an Evangelical! con- Pcitution, wherein our Saviour inn plied, by : way ofAnticipa.tion , that hce would leave which fhould begin with anOblation , as they did;and thatto rcq uire this proper and peculiar qualification inthe Oflerer, to be at pcace,and without enmity with his bro- ther .: in F0 much as Iremeu: leemes to place that A uti.ty of the Evangelicall oblation , propllefiedof by Malaria, even in this re- quifitc. Vida I. 4.c. 34. Hence alfo they may "° " “‘~ lecme to have learned to call the Bread and Win@(ifl;1¢!FC& nfethis oblatione)A“~m J\c"$g9t, the holy Gifts, from the word our Saviour :2 here ufeth. t i F orthat they derived fro 1 this text that Offettorie, appeates ex telly out of Conflit, Apojli L oz. c..,}5l7 .. Iran. ll: . 4.: 34. Edit. Fevar, Tcrtull, De Omtianefi c. 1 ca. Eufebiu: ADI: rvita _._..._.__ l A E2 l Con-l mgaennnaxfifl-131"-' 52, ( 23) L. ter , to abolilh them byhis;fiE:ri’fice? upon V the Canflantini, Lib.4. c. 41. (yril qf Ieruflslem Catpecb. 5. Why then may I not be- leeve as well , that they might derive from the fame text the Uflertary it felfe , and the application of the name Altar to the Holy Table , Feeing all three in the Text depend i one upon another; and that there is not in theN.Tellament any other paflage ofScri-— pture, whereon Fo ancient and univerfall a practice oftne Church, as was in allthele three particulars, could exprefly begroun-- cled :And,be{ides that the primitive practice of the Catholiqne Church is.a good rule to’ r interpret Scripture by» 3 theremay l:>e“go‘odl reafons found , fi5orh.the circumflanceslof the text, and Sermon it fclfe, to lpcrlivvade it to bean EvangelicallConPtitution; ‘ 4 1 . Becaufc there was no fuch thing commanded in the Law to fuch as came to offer facrifice; nor any fuch deuterofis to be found armohgll the traditions of the Elders. Now it is arltogether improbable,our Savi- g our would thenrannexe ‘a new Rite to the Legall facrifices, when he was, "F0; foon, afi- little before he lent them out to preach5and F0, in all likelyhood, contained the fumme V QC‘!!!-.llIww (29) the Cro{Te ; yea (if the Harmonifls of the Gofpell are not deceived) within leffe than two years after.F or they place this Sermon between his fecond and third S Paffeover. Ergo he intended it for an Ordinance of the Kingdom: of God( as the Scripture Fpeaks) that is, for theChurch of his Gofpell. t 2.. Becaufe the Sermon , whereof this‘ was part: is that famous Sermon ofour Sa- viour upon the Mount ; which he read as as Leéizure to his Dilbigicigtbfintflruét them in the Myfleries of the Kingdome of God in, a of that they were to preach 5 awhichr not doubt was Docftrinc Evangelicall. In all other parts of the Sermon we finde it (0. : whcrforethen, fhould we not focfiecm it; even in thisalfo 1?‘ ' ‘S i ‘ '~ 3.. Becaufe it is brought in (and that in the firfl place) as an exemplification of that righteou1ne{Tc,whercin the Citizens of the righteoufncffe oFtheScribes and P harifecs: ‘? Iflzy untayou (faith our Saviour) exceptyour ~ E 3 right- —¢w ~w.p.ou Kingdom: of Chrifl were to outgoe the ' Se€t. 2. ‘Ema. 2. gr‘ rzglgteogifnggmtlz exceed the righteottfizefli’ of E , (30) A I i“ the Scribes cg‘ Phari/lees, ye/hullrzot enter in» A “ to the Kingdom: ofHeaven. Then followes this tcxgfhcvving how farre we are to out. flrip the Scribes and Pha1*ilEes , in our obe- dience to the Precept, Thoufhalt not kifl. 4. This pallagc fhould be Evangelicall, forafmuch as it feemcs , together with the i irefl that follow it,to be a part of that wiuipmms or complementum legit, vvhereofour Saviour “ Fpake a little before, laying, Think not that l (i.toa_Abolifl1ot abtogate the obletvation of them in my Ktingdotme)aZ2w£. azmpgamz, hut to accomplifla, /apply or [2211 :3 them. For this to be the meaning ofthat mnfiamz, the whole dilcourfe following itfeemeth to evince : wherein namely our Saviour puts in pra- éticc , and nmltes good ole faflo , in feve- rall particulars, what he Formetlyfaid, hcc came todoc. A o * “ I am came to diflolve the Law U‘ the Prophets, ' (31) £5 %%$%J S E cl'r IO N III. 7" UTther'e is one thing yet behind, - by no meanes to bee forgotten ., _ in this Argument. That what] have hitherto fpoken of the name Altar , Bagels. For thefc two are not the fame; G3) “I E I A2: I-1’ P I o N is the Altar ofthc true God ; M2 M o :21 the Altar ‘of an Idol. Wherefore the alncient Fathers and Chrifli- ans (which fpakle the Greek tongue) never ufed to call the Altar of Chrifl Becca}; (though it were the ufuall Word in that Ian» guage) butlever ®um«;+§ze,5 no where termed Bcoy:3s , but alwaics ufcd (When it is ufed)ebucofianldolatroeus rence of thefé two words may be cvi: j % A dentlye is to be underfioodof one-za.9~>’1e.e@ , not of l 1 Scét, 3. blc; , in all which the Altar ofthe true God” (E*)UmoU5“f:e,zov. On the contrary, ]3cm«35 fl’€VC1‘~ Altar, or Altar of alnlldole. This diffeh V “Except oncIy— % .S‘Vyr.m'c./c.v, me! o 5 the 1.. 1:3 ook of M1166.» whofe flylc gentili-~ [hr V (32) I wsecft. gi. dently [Eene and confirmed by one pallige :43; as. in the firfl Book of Maccabees, c. 1.rv.a< 59. where concerning the Miniflers ofAntio— chm Epipbanes, who had ereéted an AL zen ./iltar in the Temple ofthc Lord, and yfacrificed thereon , the Greek expteflitthit “ in this manner 2 ®U0‘£oi.€oV%5 ziiovw €721‘ @ “ Baapcriv ‘la; tit! sivri 7*; ®um¢?n€1hu , fil- “ crificed upon the Bani; , which was up- “ on the ®umot9'"'i1c’.xov , which our Tranfla—- tion rightly tenders , Tlaeyfacrificed upon the Idol.—Altar, which tvazfupon tbc Altar qf God; the circumflances of the place leading them thereunto. And that this teflimo-V ny may not got: alone , take with ita like expreflion or two in Saint C/ary/ojZom,vvho in his 24. Hamil. in 1. Ad Corintbios, brings in our Saviour thus fpeaking; Ei aim- oi.7\9'-yaw Q0594» 3 ‘oi.?wal. 3 Cr3)ua1oo9‘“i1pzavl rm‘ %pcJv_r@' Etta; npozi/tog~e é’upcom-z ‘ if thou dcfirefl: bloud , make not the Idols Bombs ruddywith the {laughter of Bcafls, but my ®ua1a;—,’,W, with my bloud. ’Tis upon thatpafliage , IV ‘ C‘ The ....¢-uni tar tolupiter Olympim, upon the great bra- 'r@-' ’5?n3vm76, 982 C3 WU” 55r5?»’Awv B€*’H3V 'r‘c,'«3"r9fi/° (33) o "‘ The cupaf hlefsing which mhlefle ligiitzlat; “ the tommunian of the hlaud ofChrifl'.? L with the fame Ptyle in the Home. a little before qu0tcd[demanflrat quad Chriflus /it Dem] hee magnifies the fpeedy propagation of the Golpcll , that in lo {hort a time Bwptoi (2 Eém, (Bomoi <9“ Simulacra) were al:>oli~ fhed, and ®U0'ZcL‘7‘h€JO-’- were ercéled through- out the Romane Empire ,\yea among the Terfians, Scythians, Mere: and Indians. To all which acid; another ohfetvation, That G) T 2 I A2‘: H’1>*1 ON is a vvordnot ufcd by any Pagan Writer , but is a meet Eccle- fiaflicall and Hellenifiicall terme, fitll: devi-» fed, (as ¥Philo in his Vita Mofis would give us to underflaiid) by the LXX. to exprefle the Hebrew Word TJP‘;’3. , and to diflinguifh the Altar ofthc God of lfraelifrom the Al- tars of the Iclol-gods ofthc Gentiles. But you will aske me now,wherein the mall difference betweene thefe two confi- Pced , which made them fo nice to call the one by the name of the other 3 Or was it vcrball onely 2 I anfwer, It was real]. For | V the Altar of the true God,cs«>uazots+§;ee5u , was to F "i onely Sea. 3. V * Dc viz‘. Mofis [3]). 3. fa!‘ 5,9 ' f -' - \ t@~at.al‘gr,) Bcapwv 21:03,; ( M o_/2'5‘ 2. E/Jegmcimzs) JLd.?\.E-IV, '73 @u- 7 0105511640!!- V (34) i Sect. 3. Mark here , "who they are, that have tur- ned the Chri- flians ®ua1o'c.- svisetoy into the Gexttilcs Baa--I (1.3 5'. lonely (as thename implies)a Table for/acri... God 7xf'/3:1‘ Cc-2,u9§U’ "Egan fa Ol«;‘}0,U&,UioL5 é‘otTJ\ota puff)‘ pCe'po1v’e’;Cav're;. “ caufed tbeflltars offiaalim to be bra/(en down, “ Aaron vvhé he let up the golden calfe, is laid “ in like manner to have built an altar before Gentile-altars , and Idolflatuesg or Images , may alfo be gathered out of that forecited pallage of S. Cyprian, Epi/t. 55. where deela- ming againfi lome lapled Chnfiians, who having in time ofperfecution lacrificed un- to Idols, would for allthat, be admitted a- gaine into the Church, without due [aris- it, Excel. 32.. 5. ‘I his connexion between the _ " Or, as this part of the C l]LJI’Cl-1 is ter- med ina Rory of the fame time in zzajze, \ '~‘ / 7'0 A3/;qr_g"ua the name “ faétion 5 If this be fuffered (faith he) Q\ujd “fuperefl, quam ut ECCLESIA capitolio cedat, “ C9“ recedentibus/acerdotilaugac Domini naflri .“ ALTARE removentilzus in C leri noflri /acrum if rvenerandumque tonfijfam (i. in facrarium “ nofitum, {em as via éimv B§q’,aa)S11~1uLAcRA ,“ atque IDOLA cumA1us[m?s tran[eant?ln this 1 F 2 not -..—...._._ whereby the L XX, call the S.mt‘ttmryintl1e Old TCrll.Hi/ll. E66/c]:[.7. mp. ‘ 3. r/e Marim) ‘C M etrt yre, Arl- W“ cl/ta‘/W71 ad “J1'ez;lt/Iai/e fla- “ melt érztzea “pm/2e '76 “A. ‘ ‘ Qxiatoy./.at. sea. 37 (36) . § l§C'C.t. $- not long pallage are many things worthy obfetving . 1 .. Ecclefial uled for the place of Holy affembly, and oppofed to Capitoli— zmgwhicltllands here For any GentileTem- ple. 2.The place of the Clergie next the Al- tar, and difliuguifhecl from that of the Lai. ty. 3. The coupling of Simulacra and Idola" cum /Iria/lm'5,as individui comites, and the op» pofition thereof to xtltare Domini no/hi , i. C bri/HI 4; That the Latilhe Father's fome~ l times imitated the Greek, in dillziuguifhing as well as they could , the names ofthe Al.- tarsofChrill, 85 the Altars of Idole, calling ®udzcz.9“>’1€x.ov ALTARE, and Brawl); ARA. Which the Author of the vulgar Latincfo farre ob- fervesathat, throughout the canonicall Scti. pture , he ‘never calls the Altar of the true God A R A , but the Altars of Idols onely,a the LXX. ufeth the name Bcotals. t which are found in Orggen, Mnutim Feltx, I have ptofecutcd this oabFetvation”"of the \ diflerenoc between ®unot9”l1eJ’§§) BC Bcqueslthfl more laatgely,hecauf‘e it wil hclpus through thofe doubtful] and {tumbling paffagcs, Arnohiw and La£Z1mtius,'«*iit‘theit clifputes againftl . .. V wpw-vb-vsvt-M-4:.-.4. .4»;-‘.\ ...‘.o.... . , .‘ . they objeéted thisnnto them : to Wit, that (3 7) — againfi the Gentiles. Who although they lived , i the two firfi in the 3 . Century (after Tertuflidvz) the two ‘later about the begin.- ning of the fourth /eculzmz , in the dayes of Diaclefizm and Canflantine, 50. yeares after S. Cyprian : _during all which time, it is appa- rent,ceonfeHed ,and may be invincibly pro» Ptians had Oratories and Houjes ofe‘fiaerj77ipto ved agaiufi fuch as {hall deny it, that Chri-- } perfotmc the Rites oftheit Religion in ; as alfo ( by thofe teltimonies alledged) that they ulually called the HOLY TABLE there placed, by the name OFALTARE 8:: 63 T E I- A 2‘: '1“ I-1'13 I O N : yet thefe Authors aFore.na- rned,vvhen the Gentiles objekft Atheifme to the Chtiffians, as who had no Temple, no Am, no Simulacm, are wont in theiraApo- ‘logies to anFwet by way of Cyonce-iffion; notonely, that they had none; butmore, that they ought not to have. What fhould this meane? Why this : They anfwet the Gentiles according to the notion, wherein they had 1‘!0Bw(.toi, no Idohfloolcs, or Simula-. crormnfcalpella; not that they had no own... F trv'1exou.i In... ‘__‘«.,..—n—g p~-urn-mm-a—-.i...,.... ,.-«.19-mm-my ~- av-.u......— 4.‘... ....-.....o~—uup- 4— &w See}. 3; _,,....--.......—un-'‘'-''''''''' - 5 which fiyk 5: ivvhich they >24 appropriated that namegrviz. .1-m,'lm,,_ ing of_whom a Ptatue was necellary; places "“"’“‘W-’5P- ‘° Wheremtheypdwelt, lhutup as brrds m a (38 ) 1 sea; . [c;14’ploL. Therefore the Word which Ori en there ufeth is Ba»/.rc‘;r.And in allthofe paflages you {hall ever finde Ara: and Simulacra to “goe together. Origen, (O Kémos @110-lv;§,Lc;s v ‘c Bco,ur_§fc§;':c— “ phyquid Am coolant, quid denique 512/4/imta word ziltwrirz. “ ZIICWI, C. And as for Temples, their meaning Was, u they had no firth clauflra Numirmmj as the ‘Gentiles fuppoled Temples to he, and to ‘W1 ccording to l Hicrome /L dd ' RWWZ W1 3 Places, whereuntp the gods, bx the power 491"’-<1/"8/:?"'”.:. offpels and magrcall confecratlons, were Qgzod jzztzfirxrlt _ _ l Bafilicas dc»- confined andlrmrtcd; and,for the pre{ence—- f2’mxm't,4I¢t 571 cage, or as the Devill confined Within an 4 ~ circle,l ~_-——-r— "““‘ bun-v--— (39) circle, that ['0 they mightflbe ready at hand, Fwhen men had occafionto feek unto them: lings for their God as thefeg for that their God dwelt not in Temple: made with bands : but not, that they had not “ 'm!7r8§ ‘)~pno-2ceua1',was, no boiacsls cafjotuactrwarxs, Kupzotwd , or C Eaeacfrnax/cts. For fuch the Proxies and monuments of thofe times exprefly inform us, they had 5 and the Gentiles themfelves that objeéted this defeégknewi it too well, as may appear by their Emperours Refcripts for demoli- {hing them, and fometimes for refioring them , yvhen the perfecution ceafed. All which he that vvill,may find in Eu/Ebim his as or Laflantim wrote to Whithetlrefetre them that would be more fully fatisfied ; yea to Arnobim him felfe in the end of his 4. Book adverfm Gentes , Where he {peaks of the burning oFthcChrif’tian~s {acted Books, and demolition of their Places ofaffcmbly. And thus lconclude my Difcoutfi; FINIS. That Chriftians indeed had no fuch dwel- t Ecclefiaflicall Hiflory, before either Arnobzl a . Seét. 3. :1 Galiews 2'72 e:l.ap.Euf. Z. 7. rye b Apzad ermd. Hz'fl.[.7.c. I, 2, c Ibid. cap. 3.