A27107:913
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God / amplified by the author
London: printed for Edward Brewster, 1695
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
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.
When thou seest the Wine brought unto thee apart from the Bread, then remember that the Blood of Jesus Christ was as verily separated from his Body upon the Cross, for the remission of thy sins: And that this is the seal of the new Covenant, which God hath made to forgive all the sins of all penitent sinners that believe in the merits of his blood shedding. For the Wine is not a Sacrament of Christ's Blood contained in his Veins, but as it was shed out ⟨p. 351⟩of his Body upon the cross for the remission of the sins of all that believe in him.1
As thou drinkest the Wine and pourest it out of the Cup into thy Stomach, meditate and believe, that by the merits of that Blood, which Christ shed upon the Cross, all thy sins are as verily forgiven, as thou hast now drunk this Sacramental Wine, and hast it in thy stomach. And in the instant of drinking, settle thy meditation upon Christ, as he hanged upon the Cross; as if like Mary and John, thou didst see him nailed, and his Blood running down his blessed side, out of that ghastly wound, which the Spear made in his innocent heart: wishing thy mouth closed to his side, that thou mightest receive that precious Blood before it fell to the dusty Earth. And yet the actual drinking of that real Blood with thy mouth, would be nothing so† effectual, as this Sacramental drinking of that blood spiritually by Faith.
As thou drinkest the Wine and pourest it out of the Cup into thy Stomach, meditate and believe, that by the merits of that Blood, which Christ shed upon the Cross, all thy sins are as verily forgiven, as thou hast now drunk this Sacramental Wine, and hast it in thy stomach. And in the instant of drinking, settle thy meditation upon Christ, as he hanged upon the Cross; as if like Mary and John, thou didst see him nailed, and his Blood running down his blessed side, out of that gastly wound, which the Spear made in his innocent heart: wishing thy mouth closed to his side, that thou mightest receive that precious Blood before it fell to the dusty Earth. And yet the actual drinking of that real Blood with thy mouth, would be nothing so