An answer to the discourse of Mr. William Sherlock, touching the knowledge of Christ,…

If we speak of Communion with Christ, which is proper to believers, they are mystically united to Christ by the Spirit and Faith, and withal have an heavenly Nature and Will suiting to his.

If we speak of Communion with Christ, which is proper to believers, they are mystically united to Christ by the Spirit and Faith, and withal have an heavenly Nature and Will suting to his.

Now because the Lord's Supper is the only Act, which the Scripture mentions, ¹whereby our Fellowship with God and Christ is expressed; hence it is called the [Greek or Hebrew] or Communion. 1 Cor. 10.16. The cup is the Communion of Christ's ⟨p. 222⟩blood, the bread of his body: And he calls it the Communion; 1. Because it signifies the Communion of Christians with each other, that they are all Members of Christs body, ver. 17.2. Because it signifies our fellowship with God, ver. 18. Behold Israel after the flesh, are not they that eat of the sacrifice partakers of the Altar? The sacrifice on the Altar was reckoned as God's meat, as the Temple was his House; therefore those, who eat of the Sacrifice, were entertained at God's Table, which was a signification of their Fellowship with him: Thus the Lords Supper is a Feast upon a Sacrifice, even that great stupendous one of the Body of Christ, which was offered on the Cross; Therefore to eat the Bread and drink the Wine, which are Figures of his Body and Blood, is to eat of that Sacrifice, that spiritual food God hath provided for us: Thus God entertains us at his Table as his own Children, who are of his Family, as Members of Christ, who have a right to all the Blessings of the New Covenant, which was sealed with his Blood: This is the only Act of Religion which in Scripture signifies Communion with God: But Prayer, Meditation, and such like Acts of Devotion, are no where called Communion with God; ⟨p. 223⟩