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…

And as thou art not to rest in the outward elements, so neither in the outward rites and actions, but in the beholding of them thou art with the eye of Faith to see and discern the spiritual things signified thereby. When therefore thou beholdest the Minister breaking the bread, then meditate of the manifold sufferings of Christ, and with the eye of Faith, look upon Jesus Christ hanging upon the Cross, there conflicting with his Fathers wrath, and groaning under the weight and burden of our sins. Behold his blessed body broken and torn with stripes and wounds, with whips and nails. The Apostle St. Paul thus bringeth in Christ himself applying that rite of breaking the bread, for saith he, Christ took bread,¹ and brake it, and said, This is my body which is broken for you; which yet is not to be so understood, as if his blessed body, or any part or member thereof were broken in two pieces. (For that charge of not breaking a bone of the Paschal Lamb is applied to Christ,² in that his legs were not broken.) But of the breakings of his flesh by thorns, whips, nails, &c. and other sufferings which he endured in his body, till his blood was shed. This rite also of breaking the bread, implieth, tha• the sufferings of Christ were so many, and so great, that they did even break him again. For we use to say of one that hath endured much pain, or other great grief, that hath wasted his flesh, or dried up his blood, See, how he is broken; and in this sense also may Christ be said to be broken.

And as thou art not to rest in the outward elements, so neither in the outward rites and actions, but in the beholding of them thou art with the eye of Faith to see and discern the spiritual things signified thereby. When therefore thou beholdest the Minister breaking the bread, then meditate of the manifold sufferings of Christ, and with the eye of Faith, look upon Jesus Christ hanging upon the Cross, there conflicting with his Fathers wrath, and groaning under the weight and burden of our sins. Behold his blessed body broken and torn with stripes and wounds, with whips and nails. The Apostle St. Paul thus bringeth in Christ himself applying that rite of breaking the bread, for saith hee, Christ took bread,¹ and brake it, and said, This is my body which is broken for you; which yet is not to be so understood, as if his blessed body, or any part or member thereof were broken in two peeces. (For that charge of not breaking a bone of the Paschal Lamb is applied to Christ,