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A preparative to marriage The sum whereof was spoken at a contract, and enlarged…A preparatiue to mariage The summe whereof was spoken at a contract, and inlarged…
A preparative to marriage The sum whereof was spoken at a contract, and enlarged after. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of the Lords Supper, and another of usury. By Henry Smith.A preparatiue to mariage The summe whereof was spoken at a contract, and inlarged after. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of the Lords Supper, and another of vsurie. By Henrie Smith.
London: printed by Thomas Orwin for Thomas Man, 1591
A Treatise of the Lords Supper; in two Sermons. › The first Sermon.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Touching the time: In the night ⟨image 69⟩1(saith Paul) therefore this Sacrament is called The Lords Supper, 2because it was instituted at night when they used to sup. But what night? even that night (saith Paul) when he was betrayed: that night which he should have cursed, as Job did the day of his birth, 3if he had suffered against his will: that night when he should have thought to destroy men, as men conspired to destroy him, that night (saith Paul) this Sacrament of grace, and peace, and life began. Even that night when we betrayed him. Many nights did he spend in watching, and praying for us, and is there a night now for us to kill and betray him? That was a dark night, when men went about to put out the Sun which brought them light. Who can but wonder, to see how Christ, and they ⟨image 69⟩for whom Christ came, were occupied at one time? when they devised mischief against him, and sought all means to destroy him, then he consulted how to save them, and instituted the same night this blessed Sacrament, to convey all his graces and blessings unto them, Even that night when they betrayed him.
Touching the time: In the night ⟨image 69⟩1(saith Paule) therefore this Sacrament is called The Lords Supper, 2because it was instituted at night when they vsed to suppe. But what night? euen that night (sayth Paule) when he was betrayed: that night which he should haue cursed, as Iob did the day of his birth, 3if he had suffred against his will: that night when he should haue thought to destroy men, as men conspired to destroy him, that night (saith Paule) this Sacrament of grace, and peace, and life began. Euen that night when we betrayed him. Many nights did he spend in watching, and praying for vs, and is there a night now for vs to kill and betray him? That was a dark night, when men went about to put out the Sunne which brought them light. Who can but wonder, to see how Christ, and they