The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

This is it which is meant by blessing or¹ consecration, as may appear both by ^aMatthew and Mark, who after they had said, JESUS took the bread and blessed, immediately add, and he took the Cup and gave thanks, making one of these words to expound the other. The like is to be seen in ^bLuke, who leaving the word of blessing, contenteth himself with that of giving of thanks. Paul ^calso reciting the Institution, treadeth in Lukes steps. And so this word of Blessing is taken in divers ^dother places: we must not therefore imagine, that this Consecration altereth the nature or substance of the Sacrament, it only changeth the quality, in separating them from a common to a holy. Paul, to make that out of question, doth in one ^eChapter, after the Consecration, thrice call it Bread.

This is it which is meant by blessing or¹ consecration, as may appeare both by ^aMatthew and Marke, who after they had said, IESVS tooke the bread and blessed, immediatly adde, and hee tooke the Cup and gaue thankes, making one of these words to expound the other. The like is to bee seene in ^bLuke, who leauing the word of blessing, contenteth himselfe with that of giuing of thankes. Paul ^calso reciting the Institution, treadeth in Lukes steps. And so this word of Blessing is taken in diuers ^d