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A confession of faith made by common consent of divers reformed churches beyond the…A confession of fayth made by common consent of diuers reformed churches beyonde the…
A confession of faith made by common consent of divers reformed churches beyond the seas: with an exhortation to the reformation of the Church. Perused and allowed according to the Queens Majesties injunctions.A confession of fayth made by common consent of diuers reformed churches beyonde the seas: with an exhortation to the reformation of the Churche. Perused and allowed accordinge to the Queenes Maiesties iniunctions.
London: printed by Henry Wykes for Lucas Harrison, 1568
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.
¶ Of the holy Supper of the Lord Chap. 21.
The Supper of the Lord, which is also called the table of the Lord, & the Eucharist, that is thanks giving, is therefore commonly named a Supper, because it was instituted of Christ in his last Supper, and now representeth the same, the faithful spiritually feeding and drinking in it: for the author of the Lord his Supper is 1not any Angel or man, but the Son of GOD him self our Lord Jesus Christ, who first consecrated it for his Church: that consecration & blessing dureth as yet, among all those that celebrate none other Supper, but the self same, which the Lord instituted, reciting his words, and in all things looking on Christ only with a true faith, of whose hands as it were, they receive that, which they take by 2the service of the ministers of the church. The Lord will keep by this holy Sacrament in fresh remembrance his chiefest benefit bestowed upon ⟨p. 57⟩mankind, namely, that when he gave his body to be betrayed, and his blood to be shed, he forgave us all our sins, and redeemed us from eternal death: and from the power of the Devil, and now fedeth us with his flesh, and giveth us his blood to drink, which, being with a true faith, spiritually received, nourisheth us to life everlasting. And this so great a benefit is renewed so oft, as the supper of the Lord is celebrated. For he said, do this in the remembrance of me. It is also confirmed unto us, in this Supper (lest we should waver in faith) that the Lords body in deed, was delivered for us, and his blood shed for the remission of our sins. And truly that to the outward eyes, is by the minister, represented in the Sacrament, and as it were laid before our face, which inwardly is done after an invisible sort, by the holy ghost: Outwardly, bread is offered by the minister, & the words of Christ 3are heard, Take, eat, this is my body, take divide it betwixt you, Drink ye