The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…

Yet have I observed, both by mine own heart and others, that we are very incident to be narrow hearted, slight and formal in this service. Faith feeds but little for want of an enlarged commemoration of the history of the Humiliation and Sufferings of Jesus Christ, the commemoration whereof, is the proper, peculiar, and ⟨p. 2⟩great service that we are commanded to attend in that Ordinance: for Christ saith, do it in remembrance of me, and of my sufferings. And though the breaking of the bread and pouring out of the wine, do chiefly signify and represent the death of Jesus Christ, as being th• consummation of all his sufferings; yet they do also comprehend and signify all his sufferings from his Incarnation to the grave, the History whereof is dispersed in the Scriptures, and for the help of my faith and the faith of the Church whom the Lord hath committed to my charge, I have (according to my poor measure) endeavoured to gather the parts of the History thereof, and lay them together; and may my poor labour herein be of any service and help to the faith of the Saints, I shall rejoice in such a blessed fruit. I know that it is a very useful point the Lord make it fruitful.

Yet have I observed, both by mine own heart and others, that we are very incident to be narrow hearted, slite and formal in this service. Faith feeds but little for want of an inlarged commemoration of the history of the Humiliation and Sufferings of Jesus Christ, the commemoration whereof, is the proper, peculiar, and ⟨p. 2⟩great service that we are commanded to attend in that Ordinance: for Christ saith, do it in remembrance of me, and of my sufferings. And though the breaking of the bread and pouring out of the wine, do chiefly signifie and represent the death of Jesus Christ, as being th• consummation of all his sufferings; yet they do also comprehend and signify all his sufferings from his Incarnation to the grave, the History whereof is dispersed in the Scriptures, and for the help of my faith and the faith of the Church whom the Lord hath committed to my charge, I have (according to my poor measure) endeavoured to gather the parts of the History thereof, and lay them together; and may my poor labour herein be of any service and help to the faith of the Saints, I shall rejoyce in such a blessed fruit. I know that it is a very useful point the Lord make it fruitful.