Now that the bread of the Lords Supper, is not transubstantiated into the body of Christ, but that the substance of the bread remaineth after the words of consecration, it may appear, for that Christ would teach by this bread, as by a very apt similitude, that his flesh is aspiritual meat: therefore it must necessarily be very bread, that we may assuredly conclude, that our souls are as truly fed with Christ crucified for us, as our bodies are truly fed with that bread, which there is broken for us, and given us. Again, Christ commanded all the faithful to eat of one bbread: to teach that they all, care, as one bread, or as one body: therefore it must be very bread, that the similitude may continue, that like as of many grains or mass one substance is made, & so one bread, so the faithful being many, having one spirit of faith to knit them unto Christ, and one spirit of love to knit them, one with another, ⟨p. 159⟩are made one Church, as one body in and through their head Jesus Christ.
Now that the bread of the Lords Supper, is not transubstantiated into the body of Christ, but that the substaunce of the bread remaineth after the wordes of consecration, it may appeare, for that Christ would teach by this bread, as by a verie apt similitude, that his flesh is aspirituall meate: therefore it must necessarily be very bread, that we may assuredly conclude, that our soules are as truly fed with Christ crucified for vs, as our bodies are truly fed with that bread, which there is broken for vs, and giuen vs. Againe, Christ commanded all the faithfull to eate of one bbread: to teach that they all, care, as one bread, or as one body: therefore it must be very bread, that the similitude may continue, that like as of many grains or masse one substance is made, & so one bread, so the faithfull being many, hauing one spirit of faith to knit them vnto Christ, and one spirite of loue to knit them, one with another, ⟨p. 159⟩are made one Church, as one body in and through their head Iesus Christ.
- aJohn. 6.55.Iohn. 6.55.
- b1. Cor. 10.17.
- cIbidem.
