Moreover, Christ took Bread, he gave Bread. In the Acts, Luke calleth it Bread. So Paul calleth it Bread after the Sanctification. Both of them speak of breaking, which belongeth to the Substance of Bread, and in no wise to Christ's Body, for the Scripture saith, Ye shall not break a bone of him. Christ saith, Do ye this in my remembrance. And again, As often as ye shall drink of this Cup, do it in remembrance of me. And our Saviour Christ in the sixth of John, speaking against the Capernaites, saith, Labour for the meat that perisheth not. And when they asked, What shall we do that we may work the works of God? He answered them thus, This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent. You see how he exhorteth them to faith, For Faith is that work of God. Again, This is that Bread which came down from Heaven. But Christs Body came not down from Heaven. Moreover, He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. My flesh (saith he) is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. When they ⟨p. 39⟩heard this, they were offended. And whilst they were offended, he said unto them, What if ye shall see the Son of Man ascend up where he was before? Whereby he went about to draw them from the gross and carnal eating. This Body, saith he, shall ascend up into Heaven, meaning altogether, as St. Augustine saith. It is the Spirit that quickeneth, the Flesh profiteth nothing. The words that I speak unto you, are Spirit and Life, and must be spiritually understood. These be the Reasons which persuade me to incline to this Sentence and Judgment.
Moreover, Christ took Bread, he gave Bread. In the Acts, Luke calleth it Bread. So Paul calleth it Bread after the Sanctification. Both of them speak of breaking, which belongeth to the Substance of Bread, and in no wise to Christ's Body, for the Scripture saith, Ye shall not break a bone of him. Christ saith, Do ye this in my remembrance. And again, As often as ye shall drink of this Cup, do it in rememberance of me. And our Saviour Christ in the sixth of John, speaking against the Capernaites, saith, Labour for the meat that perisheth not. And when they asked, What shall we do that we may work the works of God? He answered them thus, This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent. You see how he exhorteth them to faith, For Faith is that work of God. Again, This is that Bread which came down from Heaven. But Christs Body came not down from Heaven. Moreover, He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. My flesh (saith he) is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. When they ⟨p. 39⟩heard this, they were offended. And whil'st they were offended, he said unto them, What if ye shall see the Son of Man ascend up where he was before? Whereby he went about to draw them from the gross and carnal eating. This Body, saith he, shall ascend up into Heaven, meaning altogether, as St. Augustine saith. It is the Spirit that quickneth, the Flesh profiteth nothing. The words that I speak unto you, are Spirit and Life, and must be spiritually understood. These be the Reasons which perswade me to incline to this Sentence and Judgment.
