The Practice of Piety

When the Minister bringeth towards thee the bread thus blessed and broken; and offering it unto thee, bids thee, Take eat, &c. Then meditate that Christ himself ⟨p. 761⟩cometh unto thee, & both offereth and giveth indeed unto thy faith, his very body & blood with all the merits of his death and passion ▪ to feed thy soul unto eternal life: as surely as the minister offereth & giveth the outward signs that feeds thy body unto this temporal life. The bread of the Lord is given by the Minister but the bread which is the Lord is given by Christ himself.

When the Minister bringeth towards thee the bread thus blessed and broken; and offering it vnto thee, bids thee, Take eate, &c. Then meditate that Christ himselfe ⟨p. 761⟩commeth vnto thee, & both offreth and giueth indeed vnto thy faith, his very body & blood with al the merits of his death and passion ▪ to feed thy soule vnto eternal life: as surely as the minister offereth & giueth the outward signes that feeds thy body vnto this temporall life. The bread of the Lord is giuen by the Minister but the bread which is the Lord is giuen by Christ himselfe.

When thou takest the bread at the Ministers hand to eat it,¹ then rouse up thy soul to apprehend Christ by faith, & to apply his merits to heal thy miseries. Embrace him as sweetly with thy faith in the Sacrament: as ever Simeon hugged him with his arms in his swaddling clouts.

When thou takest the bread at the Ministers hand to eate it,¹ then rouse vp thy soule to apprehend Christ by faith, & to apply his merits to heale thy miseries. Embrace him as sweetly with thy faith in the Sacrament: as euer Simeon hugde him with his armes in his swadling clouts.