A10233:151
Two very learned sermons of M. Beza, together with a short sum of the…Two very lerned sermons of M. Beza, togither with a short sum of the…
Two very learned sermons of M. Beza, together with a short sum of the sacrament of the Lords Supper: Whereunto is added a treatise of the substance of the Lords Supper, wherein is briefly and soundly discussed the p[r]incipall points in controversy, concerning that question. By T.W.Two very lerned sermons of M. Beza, togither with a short sum of the sacrament of the Lordes Supper: Wherevnto is added a treatise of the substance of the Lords Supper, wherin is breflie and soundlie discussed the p[r]incipall points in controuersie, concerning that question. By T.W.
London: printed by Robert Walde-grave for T. Man, 1588London: printed by Robert Walde-graue for T. Man, 1588
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2 Secondly, what be the things signified thereby, to wit, the blessed body of Christ crucified, and his precious blood, shed for the benefit and good of all those, that by a lively and steadfast faith, do apprehend ⟨p. 154⟩and take hold of him, and all his merits: for no doubt but it was the Lords purpose, both in the elements and the use of the same, to direct our faith to these things in him, which in trueth were in him, and which (such was his good pleasure towards us miserable wretches) should be set out unto us in the sacrament, otherwise the Lord Jesus should have dallied with us, and that in matters of no small importance, from the which as we steadfastly believe, he was utterly free, so the least thought of such a conceit and dotage, should not so much as once enter into us.
2 Secondlie, what be the things signified thereby, to wit, the blessed bodie of Christ crucified, and his pretious bloud, shed for the benefit and good of all those, that by a liuelie and stedfast faith, doo apprehend ⟨p. 154⟩and take hold of him, and all his merits: for no doubt but it was the Lords purpose, both in the elements and the vse of the same, to direct our faith to these thinges in him, which in trueth were in him, and which (such was his good pleasure towardes vs miserable wretches) should be set out vnto vs in the sacrament, otherwise the Lord Iesus should haue dallied with vs, and that in matters of no small importance, from the which as we stedfastly beleeue, he was vtterly free, so the least thought of such a conceit and dotage, should not so much as once enter into vs.
3 Thirdly the analogy, proportion and agreement, which is between the signs, and the things signified, the Lord no doubt choosing such elements as might most aptly and fitly express the things signified and sealed by the same: for otherwise, if we had had bare signs alone, without holy things signified in and by the same, as our faith had no whit at all been provided for, because it being spiritual and inward, is not, nor cannot be nourished with outward and corporal things, so we might easily have been carried away