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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.
Again, the Cup is called the 1new Testament, and yet the Cup is but a piece of metal, filled with Wine: but the new Testament is, He which believeth in the 2Son, shall be saved: this is not a Cup, and yet as though the Cup were the new Testament it self, it is called the new Testament, because it signifieth the new Testament: so the bread and wine are called Christs body, because they signify Christs body. They which knew that the Lamb is not the Passover, though Christ called it the Passover; that Circumcision is not the Covenant, ⟨image 84⟩though God called it the Covenant; that Baptism is not regeneration, though it be called regeneration; that the Cup is not the new Testament, though Christ called it the new Testament; could they not aswell understand, that the Bread and Wine were not Christs body, though Christ called them his body? As they understood these speeches, so they understood this speech, therefore they which say, that the bread and wine are Christs body, because Christ saith, This is my body: 3may aswell say, that the Lamb is the Passover, because Christ calleth it the Passover, that Baptism is regeneration, because Paul calleth it regeneration, that the Cup is the new Testament, because Christ calleth it the new Testament.
Againe, the Cup is called the 1new Testament, and yet the Cup is but a peece of mettall, filled with Wine: but the new Testament is, Hee which beleeueth in the 2Sonne, shall be saued: this is not a Cup, and yet as though the Cup were the new Testament it selfe, it is called the new Testament, because it signifieth the new Testament: so the bread and wine are called Christes body, because they signifie Christes bodye. They which knewe that the Lambe is not the Passeouer, though Christ called it the Passeouer; that Circumcision is not the Couenant, ⟨image 84⟩