II. Remember the death of Christ, which is Christs command in the institution of this Ordinance; for saith he,1 This do in remembrance of me, viz. in remembrance of my bitter death and passion. For the Apostle Paul explaining this remembrance of Christ, applieth it to his death, 2and the showing it forth. This do, saith he, in remembrance of me: For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lords death till he come. So that this Ordinance of the Lords Supper was instituted for a solemn Memorial of that great Sacrifice, the Lord Jesus Christ, that his death might never be forgotten, but be ever fresh in our memories. And why must his death be thus remembered? Surely because thereby was the Covenant of Grace ratified and sealed, our Redemption purchased, our sins expiated, our reconciliation made with God, and the foundation of our peace laid. And therefore at the Table, let out thine heart in a serious meditation of the manifold sufferings of Christ, which is the main business of this Ordinance.3 And meditate not only of his sufferings at his death, but likewise in the whole course of his life, even from his cratch to his Cross, from his birth to his death. For his whole life was a continual suffering. Meditate therefore of his mean birth, and flight in his infancy, of the manifold reproaches which were cast upon him from time to time; yea of his manifold persecutions, of their cruel handling of him at the time of his death, when they apprehended him like a thief, bound him, arraigned, and condemned him as a Malefactor, buffeted him with their hands, beat him with staves, scourged him with whips, making lo•g furrows on his back, platted on his head a Crown of sharp Thorns, laid an heavy cross on his back, nailed his hands and feet to that Cross, give him Gall and Vinegar to drink, and sundry ways much afflicted him. Thus was his body broken with torments. In relation hereunto, it is said of him, ⟨p. 123⟩That he was a man of sorrows, 4and acquainted with griefs. Especially when thou art present at the Sacrament, take a turn with Christ in the Garden, by meditating of his bitter Agony, wherein he sweat drops of blood, which was never read, or heard of in any before or since; yea the blood which Christ then sweat was not thin watery blood,5 but thick blood, as St.
II. Remember the death of Christ, which is Christs command in the institution of this Ordinance; for saith he,1 This do in remembrance of mee, viz. in remembrance of my bitter death and passion. For the Apostle Paul explaining this remembrance of Christ, applieth it to his death, 2and the shewing it forth. This do, saith hee, in remembrance of mee: For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lords death till he come. So that this Ordinance of the Lords Supper was instituted for a solemn Memorial of that great Sacrifice, the Lord Jesus Christ, that his death might never be forgotten, but be ever fresh in our memories. And why must his death be thus remembred? Surely because thereby was the Covenant of Grace ratified and sealed, our Redemption purchased, our sins expiated, our reconciliation made with God, and the foundation of our peace laid. And therefore at the Table, let out thine heart in a serious meditation of the manifold sufferings of Christ, which is the main business of this Ordinance.3 And meditate not only of his sufferings at his death, but likewise in the whole course of his life, even from his cratch to his Cross, from his birth to his death. For his whole life was a continual suffering. Meditate therefore of his mean birth, and flight in his infancy, of the manifold reproaches which were cast upon him from time to time; yea of his manifold persecutions, of their cruel handling of him at the time of his death, when they apprehended him like a theef, bound him, arraigned, and condemned him as a Malefactor, buffeted him with their hands, beat him with staves, scourged him with whips, making lo•g furrows on his back, platted on his head a Crown of sharp Thorns, laid an heavy cross on his back, nailed his hands and feet to that Cross, give him Gall and Vineger to drink, and sundry waies much afflicted him. Thus was his body broken with torments. In relation hereunto, it is said of him, ⟨p. 123⟩That he was a man of sorrows, 4and acquainted with griefs. Especially when thou art present at the Sacrament, take a turn with Christ in the Garden, by meditating of his bitter Agony, wherein he sweat drops of blood, which was never read, or heard of in any before or since; yea the blood which Christ then sweat was not thin watery blood,5
- 1[Greek or Hebrew]. Luke 22. 19.〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Luke 22. 19.
- 21 Cor. 11. 26, 27.
- 3[Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
- 4Isa. 53. 3
- 5Luke 22. 44
