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A sermon preached before the Commons-House [sic] of Parliament, in Saint Margarets Church at…A sermon preached before the Commos-House [sic] of Parliament, in Saint Margarets Church at…
A sermon preached before the Commons-House [sic] of Parliament, in Saint Margarets Church at Westminster, the 18. of February. 1620. By James Usher. Professor of Divinity in the University of Dublin, in IrelandA sermon preached before the Commos-House [sic] of Parliament, in Saint Margarets Church at Westminster, the 18. of February. 1620. By Iames Vssher. Professor of Diuinitie in the Vniuersitie of Dublin, in Ireland
London: printed by I.Dawson for John Bartlett, 1624London: printed by I.Dawson for Iohn Bartlett, 1624
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Under the name of Bread therefore here is comprehended both Panis Domini, and Panis Dominus; not onely the bread of the Lord, but also the Lord himself, who is that living Bread which came down from heaven, Joh. 6.51. For as Saint Peter, 1saying that Baptism doth save us, understandeth thereby both the outward part of that Sacrament, (for he expressly calleth it a figure) and more than that too (as appeareth by the explication presently adjoined: not the putting away of the filth of the flesh) even the inward purging of our consciences by virtue of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ: so Saint Paul here making the reason of our union to be our partaking all of this one bread, hath not so much respect unto the external bread in the Sacrament (though he exclude not that neither) as unto the true and heavenly Bread figured thereby; whereof the Lord himself pronounceth in the sixth of John: 2The bread that I will give, is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. And (to show that by partaking of this bread, that wonderful union we speak of, is effected:) He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, 3dwelleth in me, and I in him.
Vnder the name of Bread therefore heere is comprehended both Panis Domini, and Panis Dominus; not onely the bread of the Lord, but also the Lord himselfe, who is that liuing Bread which came downe from heauen, Ioh. 6.51. For as Saint Peter, 1saying that Baptisme doth saue vs, vnderstandeth thereby both the outward part of that Sacrament, (for he expressely calleth it a figure) and more than that too (as appeareth by the explication presently adioyned: not the putting away of the filth of the flesh) euen the inward purging of our consciences by vertue of the death and resurrection of Iesus Christ: so Saint Paul heere making the reason of our vnion to bee our partaking all of this one bread, hath not so much respect vnto the externall bread in the Sacrament (though he exclude not that neither) as vnto the true and heauenly Bread figured thereby; whereof the Lord himselfe pronounceth in the sixth of Iohn: