A02178:1869
The works of the reverend and faithful servant of Jesus Christ M. Richard Greenham,…The workes of the reuerend and faithfull seruant af Iesus Christ M. Richard Greenham,…
The works of the reverend and faithful servant of Jesus Christ M. Richard Greenham, minister and preacher of the Word of God collected into one volume: revised, corrected, and published, for the further building of all such as love the truth, and desire to know the power of godliness. By H.H.The workes of the reuerend and faithfull seruant af Iesus Christ M. Richard Greenham, minister and preacher of the Word of God collected into one volume: reuised, corrected, and published, for the further building of all such as loue the truth, and desire to know the power of godlinesse. By H.H.
London: printed by Thomas Snodham and Thomas Creede for William Welby, 1612London: printed by Thomas Snodham and Thomas Creede for VVilliam VVelby, 1612
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The things received are called Bread and Wine. Concerning the nature whereof, better1 relation we cannot have, then Psalm. 104. where seeing the use of Bread and Wine to be to nourish, to strengthen, and to comfort, we shall the better mark the Analogy in this. The body of Christ represented by Bread, must have that effect in the soul, which bread hath in the body; but bread hath this effect, to strengthen the body of man, as appears by the cited testimony of the holy Ghost, therefore our souls by CHRIST receive strength ⟨p. 192⟩against sin. We read in Genesis, that Abraham's servant returning from their pursuit,2 had their hearts strengthened by bread, which they had of Melchizedek, and we know that the Paschal Lamb was to give strength to the eaters thereof; so our Saviour CHRIST calleth us unto him, that he may give us spiritual strength for newness of life, in the strength whereof we must so labour for righteousness, as if heaven were to be purchased by our works. For CHRIST his body is not only quickened, but quickening, not only3 sanctified, but sanctifying. And as in the body, such be the humours, as in the mea•e; so in the soul, in the active parts of righteousness, we receive such meat as may enable us to labour for the kingdom of heaven. This is that, which the holy men did take in the Sacrament. On the other side, the blood of CHRIST must work that effect in our souls, which wine doth in our bodies. The effect of wine is also set down, Psalm. 104. but more4 lively, Prou. 31. it is said, wine is to comfort them that are in the present estate of death: for such wine was ordained, Then look what the gladness is of the body after the wine received, so there is the same analogy by spiritual comforts in the blood of Jesus Christ, seeing that we can no more go through that