The Fountain of Life Opened

Thirdly, The Institution it self, in which we have, the memorative, significative, instructive signs, and they are Bread and Wine. And the glorious mysteries represented, and shadowed forth by them, viz. Jesus Christ crucified; the proper New-Testament nourishment of Believers. Bread and Wine are choice creatures; and do excellently shadow forth the flesh and blood of ⟨p. 267⟩crucified Jesus: And that both in their natural usefulness, and manner of preparation. Their usefulness is very great; Bread is a creature necessary to uphold and maintain our natural life. Therefore it's called the staff of bread, Isai. 3.1. Because as as a feeble man depends and leans upon his staff, so doth our feeble spirits upon bread. Wine was made to cheer the heart of man, Judg. 9.13. They are both useful and excellent creatures. Their preparations to become so useful to us, is also remarkable. The Corn must be ground in the Mill: the Grapes torn and squeezed to pieces in the Wine-presses, before we can either have Bread or Wine. And when all this is done, they must be received into the body, or they nourish not. So that these were very fit creatures, to be set apart for this use and end.

Thirdly, The Institution it self, in which we have, the memorative, significative, instructive signs, and they are Bread and Wine. And the glorious mysteries represented, and shadowed forth by them, viz. Jesus Christ crucified; the proper New-Testament nourishment of Believers. Bread and Wine are choice creatures; and do excellently shadow forth the flesh and blood of ⟨p. 267⟩crucified Jesus: And that both in their natural usefulness, and manner of preparation. Their usefulness is very great; Bread is a creature necessary to uphold and maintain our natural life. Therefore it's called the staff of bread, Isai. 3.1. Because as as a feeble man depends and leans upon his staff, so doth our feeble spirits upon bread. Wine was made to chear the heart of man,