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“ it, and fanétify it, and purify it, that in it may be made 
“ thy holy blood ;” and of the bread they fay, “ Blefs this 
“ faucer, or plate, that in it may be made thy holy body.” 
And in their prayer they fay, “ Change this bread that it 
‘‘ may be made thy pure body which is joined with this 
“cup of thy precious blood.” . The Jefuits doubt of the va- 
lidity of this confecration, becaufe it is faid, “ this bread is 
my body,” and over the wine, “ this cup is my blood ;” where- 
as, to operate a true tranfubftantiation, they fhould fay over 
the bread, “ this is my body.” 
For my own part, I leave it to the reverend fathers, who 
are the beft judges, what is neceflary to operate this miracle 
of tranfubftantiation. The reality of the thing itfelf is de- 
nied by all Proteftant churches, has been often doubted by 
others, has been ridiculed by lay-writers, and can never be 
a matter, I believe,of thorough conviction, much lefs of proof 
toany. The dignity of the fubject, on which it touches 
nearly, as well as tendernefs for our brethren on the con- 
tinent, an article of whofe faith it is, fhould always fcreen it 
from being treated with pleafantry, whatever we believe, or 
whether we believe it or not. | 
M. Lupotr thinks, that the words I have fet down are a 
proof the Abyflinians do not believe in tranfubftantiation. 
For my part, from thofe very words, I cannot think any thing 
is clearer than that they do; the bread is upon the plate; 
they pray that that plate may be bleffed, “ That in it the 
bread may be made God’s holy body*;” and of the wine they 
fay, 
- *See the Ethiopic liturgies paflim. Ludolf, lib. dii, cap. 5. 
