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…

4 Fourthly and lastly, the Lord delivereth unto us in the use of his supper, that holy unity and agreement, both outward and inward, of body and mind, that is and ought to be known, felt and continued amongst all the members of his church, whatsoever, or wheresoever they be. For even as the bread that we are partakers of, is made of many grains, & yet maketh but one loaf, as we see, & as the wine that we drink at the Lords table, is made of many grapes, and yet maketh but one wine: so all the faithful people, not only of one place & parish, but dispersed through out the whole earth (notwithstanding that some through the riches of Gods mercies have attained more graces than other some) make in deed but one holy body of the church. Neither doth our being of several members one of us to another, any more hinder our growth in this same spiritual fellowship, than the variety of men bers ⟨p. 245⟩in a natural body hindereth the constituting and making of the whole body it self, nay rather, as we may well perceive, it furthereth the same: for as the whole cannot be said to be whole but in respect of all the parts whereof it consisteth, no more can this whole or holy body of the church, & every particular congregation throughout the world, concurring to the establishing thereof: and yet so notwithstanding, that the name church may as rightly be attributed to every several society of the faithful, as the word earth to every part of the earth, or to speak of the elements of the supper, the word bread, and the word wine, to every part of the bread & wine used in the same.

4 Fourthlie and lastlie, the Lord deliuereth vnto vs in the vse of his supper, that holie vnitie and agreement, both outward and inward, of bodie and mind, that is and ought to be knowne, felt and continued amongst all the members of his church, whatsoeuer, or wheresoeuer they be. For euen as the bread that we are partakers of, is made of many graines, & yet maketh but one loafe, as we see, & as the wine that we drinke at the Lords table, is made of manie grapes, and yet maketh but one wine: so all the faithfull people, not onlie of one place & parish, but dispersed through out the whole earth (notwithstanding that some through the riches of Gods mercies haue atteined more graces than other some) make in deed but one holie bodie of the church. Neither doth our being of seuerall members one of vs to another, anie more hinder our growth in this same spirituall fellowship, than the varietie of mē bers