Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…

2 Because without this knowledge, a man cannot discern the Lords body, ¹which if he do not, he eats and drinks damnation to himself. And therefore it is absolutely necessary that all who receive the Lords Supper, should discern the Lords body, i. e. should perceive that there is more to be received than that which is seen with the eye of the body. To the bodily eye there appeareth nothing but Bread and Wine upon the Table, but by virtue of the divine institution, there is also Christs body and blood; if this be not discerned, the benefit of the Sacrament is lost. But it is not possible without knowledge (which is the eye of the soul) to ⟨p. 110⟩discern that body and blood under the elements of bread and wine, therefore is the forementioned knowledge absolutely necessary.

2 Because without this knowledge, a man cannot discern the Lords body, ¹which if hee do not, hee eats and drinks damnation to himself. And therefore it is absolutely necessary that all who receive the Lords Supper, should discern the Lords body, i. e. should perceive that there is more to be received than that which is seen with the eye of the body. To the bodily eye there appeareth nothing but Bread and Wine upon the Table, but by virtue of the divine institution, there is also Christs body and blood; if this be not discerned, the benefit of the Sacrament is lost. But it is not possible without knowledge (which is the eye of the soul) to ⟨p. 110⟩discern that body and blood under the elements of bread and wine, therefore is the forementioned knowledge absolutely necessary.

1. 11 Cor. 11. 29.