The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man's redemption…

4. Manna was their only support in the Wilderness;¹ strengthening them to vanquish their Enemies, and endure the hardships to which they were incident in their passage to Canaan. In this regard 'twas a lively image of Christ who is our Spiritual food, wh•e we are in the desert of the lower World, the place of our trial, exposed to dangers. By him alone we shall be finally victorious over the Enemies of our Salvation. And in this also the Truth is infinitely above the Type that prefigured it. For Manna could only preserve the Natural Life for a time. As our Saviour tells the Jews, your Fathers eat Manna in the Wilderness, and are dead. But Jesus Christ is the living ⟨p. 491⟩bread that came down from Heaven, and hath a Supernatural Virtue,² to convey a Life incomparably more noble and answerable to the quality of his Original. 'Tis incorruptible as Heaven from whence He came. If any man eat of this Bread, he shall live for ever. Death is so far from extinguishing, that it advances the Spiritual Life to its perfection.

4. Manna was their only support in the Wilderness;¹ strengthning them to vanquish their Enemies, and endure the hardships to which they were incident in their passage to Canaan. In this regard 'twas a lively image of Christ who is our Spiritual food, wh•e we are in the desert of the lower World, the place of our trial, exposed to dangers. By him alone we shall be finally victorious over the Enemies of our Salvation. And in this also the Truth is infinitely above the Type that prefigured it. For Manna could only preserve the Natural Life for a time. As our Saviour tells the Jews, your Fathers eat Manna in the Wilderness, and are dead. But Jesus Christ is the living ⟨p. 491⟩bread that came down from Heaven, and hath a Supernatural Vertue,²