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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.
It followeth, As often as ye shall 1eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye shall show the Lords death till he come. Here are three invincible arguments, 2like the three witnesses under which every word doth stand. First we are said to eat bread; then it is not flesh but bread. Secondly we are said to show the Lords death; then it is but a show or representation of his ⟨image 108⟩death. Thirdly it is said, until he come; if he be to come, then he is not come; if he be come, how can we say, until he come. The effect of this verse was showed in these words, Do this in remembrance of me: for to say, Do this in remembrance of me, and to say, so oft as you do this you show my death, is much at one; so that if you call this Sacrament a show of Christs death, as it is called here, then it is not Christ; or if you call it a remembrance of Christ, as it is called there, yet it is not Christ, but a show, or remembrance of Christ: but this is such a show, & remembrance, that the next verse saith, Whosoever receiveth it unworthily, 3is guilty of the body and blood of Christ.
It followeth, As often as ye shall 1eate this bread, and drinke this cup, ye shall shewe the Lords death till he come. Here are three inuincible arguments, 2like the three witnesses vnder which euery worde dooth stand. First wee are sayd to eate bread; thē it is not flesh but bread. Secondly wee are sayd to shewe the Lords death; then it is but a shewe or representation of his ⟨image 108⟩death. Thirdly it is sayd, vntill he come; if he be to come, then he is not come; if he be come, how can we say, vntill he come. The effect of this verse was shewed in these words, Doo this in remembrance of me: for to say, Doo this in remembrance of me, and to say, so oft as you doo this you shewe my death, is much at one; so that if you call this Sacrament a shewe of Christs death, as it is called here, then it is not Christ; or if you call it a remembrance of Christ, as it is called there, yet it is not Christ, but a shew, or remembrance of Christ: but this is such a shew, & remembrance, that the next verse sayth, Whosoeuer receiueth it vnworthelie,