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The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded
The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propounded : more largely & clearly handled and explained / published by John Downame ...The summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded : more largly & cleerely handled and explaned / published by John Downame ...
London: printed by Willi, 1625
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.
Fourthly, They are to be administered, that is to say, to1 be given and delivered to the Church, and by the Church to be taken and received, Mat. 26. 26, 27. As they eat, JESUS took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave to his Disciples, and said, Take, eat, &c. And taking the Cup, and having given thanks, he gave unto them, saying, Drink ye all of it, &c. Whereupon a Sacrament is not only a Sign and a Seal, but a work and an action.
Fourthly, They are to be administred, that is to say, to1 be giuen and deliuered to the Church, and by the Church to be taken and receiued, Mat. 26. 26, 27. As they eate, IESVS tooke bread, and when hee had giuen thankes, hee brake it, and gaue to his Disciples, and said, Take, eate, &c. And taking the Cup, and hauing giuen thankes, hee gaue vnto them, saying, Drinke ye all of it, &c. Whereupon a Sacrament is not onely a Signe and a Seale, but a worke and an action.
- 1The Administration,
This Administration of the Sacraments standeth not1 only in reaching forth, and ministering the outward Element, but as is fitting for so holy an action, to consecrate the same by the Word of God and Prayer; teaching and declaring the end, the use, the nature, the institution of the Sacrament, with Prayer made before, that God would bless them for the help of our weakness, to which end they were ordained.
This Administration of the Sacraments standeth not