The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-10

infinite eaaence, or through any essential
virtue or property OF lie own nature. Yet
this il not TO admit that 1t cannot DO really
present in the Sacrament without local
confinement. For while Christ's body 10
locally present, sitter the manner Of 9
finite essence, only in Heaven; yet on &C.
count OF the ins0paIabIe union Of the hu'
man with the divine his body 10 render
I'd present after the manner in which an
infinite Spirit renders present. human
nature which iB ono person with It. Nov,
the Godhsad ilsaii 10 not omnipresent
by extension or locality, but in q way thai
10 far beyond cur comprehension. Anu
the Godhead does not render the human
nature, which it has assumed and made
one person with II, omnipresent by ex'
panaion or locality, but in q manner tnaI
IL altogether incomprehonsible TO us:
cannot see any objection to this view oil the
real presence las explained IN former con-
municationsj Of Christ's body and 6!ood y
the sacranent, that could not be made WITH
eousl force againBsth promlBswhiCh Christ
made 10 his dsciples, 10. am Win y9uu
always, even unto the end Of the WoI!u;
II was Christ, the Goldman, VINO msoe
the promise, and surely Christ, the GOO,
man, must iulfllis. Butit anyone ghoulSHl
say: Humanity capnot be everywhere,
reply, "ThAt ia true, but you must MOI
separate Christ's human nature from ms
divine nature" Fer while the human
nature cannot, in or Of tselt, be present
in more than one place at y time, the
divine nature Ia everywhere present; but
hecanse Il In not Beoarated from the human
nature, 1t renders the latter also present
not locally or by extension, but IN msh
ner equally as pTehenatble 90 the
omnip resence OF the GodheSd. AS Diety
Ia not subject TO the laws Of space and en-
tension, % that 1t eau give to the human
ity, which Is takon ipto personal unior
with II, q majesty which trsnscends thes'
laws.
The doctrine OF the person OF Chris
helps rs to understand Luther, when ht
says Of the sacrament bread "Fhis II
Cirist's body" On account oil the insep
cradle union Of the two natures in Christ
one could point TO Christ and truly say
"rhls is map" or "thiS Is God" So OF
account OF the saCramsDtal union one car
trnly say, "This Is bread" or "This is thG
body OF Christi" though, 80 Luther him
self said, the sacrament union is ditteren
from the personal union,
Bat ono thing more. The Bishop say!
that Luther allowed that the doctrine o
transubstanlGtiop might be held. II wa
with this provisio, ''thgt they do not urg'
| M 10 accept their opinions as Grticlea O.
faith" Nov, does this prove that Lutnel
felt tbat his teachings might be erroneous
Not at oil. At tie close Of this Larger
confession he expresses his ftm faith ia
tho truth Of his doctrine on this subject
in the following solemn Language: III
Ills faith, BY the help Of God, | intend tt
perperyo until death, and, in 1t, to depsrI
from this world, GHd to appear before ths
judgment seat Of our Lord Jesus Christ, ,
AS my only purpose was togivs Luthei't
doctrine OF tue Lords Supper from q
Lutheran standpoint, aud as l have on
deavored CaDdidly aud faithfully to do 60
1 do not dseirO 70 extend the srgsmen'
inrtber. a LUTHERAN.
GRAFTON, W. Va, MARCH ., 1853.