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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. › A Treatise of the Lords Supper.
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.
1. Cor. 11. vers. 25, 26, 27, 28. 25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the New Testament in my blood: this do as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 26 For as often as ye shall eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye show the Lords death till he come. 27 Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. ⟨image 98⟩28 Let a man therefore examine himself, and so let him eat of this bread, and drink of this cup.
1. Cor. 11. vers. 25, 26, 27, 28. 25 After the same manner also he tooke the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the New Testament in my bloud: this doo as oft as ye drinke it, in remembrance of me. 26 For as often as ye shall eate this bread, and drinke this cup, ye shew the Lords death till he come. 27 Wherefore, whosoeuer shall eate this bread, and drinke the cup of the Lord vnworthelie, shall be giltie of the bodie and bloud of the Lord. ⟨image 98⟩28 Let a man therefore examine himselfe, and so let him eate of this bread, and drinke of this cup.
Here I am to speak of the second service (as it were) at the Lords Table, & of that preparation which is like the Wedding garment that every man must bring unto this banquet. These words are diversly repeated of the Evangelists. Here it is said, This cup is the new testament in my blood. In Matthew and in 1Mark, it is said, This cup is my blood of the new testament. This 2is the first mention which Christ makes of a Testament, as though now his promises deserved the name of a Testament, because the seal is set unto them, which before this Sacrament was not sealed,