The main principles of Christian religion in a 107 short articles or aphorisms, generally…

Artic. XXVIII. It is a Sacrament of our Redemption by Christs death. Insomuch that to such as rightly, worthily, and with faith receive the same, the bread which we break is partaking of the body of Christ; and likewise the Cup of blessing is a partaking of the blood of Christ. Transubstantiation (or the change of the substance of Bread and Wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by holy Writ; but it is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.

Artic. XXVIII. It is a Sacrament of our Redemption by Christs death. Insomuch that to such as rightly, worthily, and with faith receive the same, the bread which we break is partaking of the body of Christ; and likewise the Cup of blessing is a partaking of the blood of Christ. Transubstantiation (or the change of the substance of Bread and Wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be prov'd by holy Writ; but it is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.

Expl. 96. When 'tis here said the Lord's Supper is a Sacrament, we are to understand no more by a Sacrament, then that 'tis a seal of the righteousness of faith; so that those persons who do run to the righteousness of works, or or of the Law in order to justification, they run out of the tenor of the Covenant of Grace, in which only the righteousness of ⟨p. 166⟩faith is sealed to the believer. More particularly in this great Gospel-ordinance of the N. T. We have (1) the Sacramental signs, Bread and Wine; not Bread only, or Wine only, but both, hereby noting that we have in Christ whatever is needful (whether for support or comfort) to life everlasting. (2) The thing outwardly represented by these two elements, sc. Christ's body and blood; by the Bread his body; so that the Papists who stick so close to the letter, might with as much show of reason conclude that Christ's body was turned into Bread, as that the Bread was turned into his body. And by the Bread broken, is signified his body being wounded and broken; and by the Wine his blood, and by the pouring forth of the Wine, the shedding forth of his blood, without which no remission. (3) The Sacramental actions, sc. giving and receiving, whereby is noted not only that he gave himself for sinners, but that he gives himself to believers; and that as by the bodily hand they receive the Bread and Wine, so by a hand of saith they receive and accept of Christ as he offereth himself in the Gospel. (4) The spiritual signification of the whole, sc. the righteousness of Christ, and all the benefits of his Mediatory undertaking, made over and sealed to them in the Covenant of Grace, who do by faith apply these to themselves; so that every worthy Communicant may say, Christ dyed for me, &c. (5) The authoritative design of