Transubstantiation examined and confuted in two sermons on the Lord's Supper / preached in…Transusbstantiation examin'd and confuted in two sermons on the Lord's Supper / preach'd in…

The Second SERMON ON THE Lord's Supper.

1 Cor. XI. 25, 26, 27, 28. After the same manner also he took the Cup when he had supped: saying, This Cup is the New Testament in my blood, this do, as aft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye shall eat this Bread, and drink this Cup, ye shall show the Lord's death till he come. Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this Bread, and drink the Cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. Let a man therefore examine himself, and so let him eat of this Bread, and drink of this Cup.

1 Cor. XI. 25, 26, 27, 28. After the same manner also he took the Cup when he had supped: saying, This Cup is the New Testament in my blood, this do, as aft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye shall eat this Bread, and drink this Cup, ye shall shew the Lord's death till he come. Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this Bread, and drink the Cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. Let a man therefore examine himself, and so let him eat of this Bread, and drink of this Cup.

Here I am to speak of the second service, as it were, at the Lords Table, and of that preparation, which is like the Wedding Garment, that every man must bring to this Banquet. These words are diversly repeated of the Evangelists. Here it is said, This ¹cup is the New Testament in my Blood. In Matthew and in Mark it is said, This cup is my blood of the New Testament. This is the first mention which Christ makes of a Testament, as though now his promises deserved the name of a Testament, because the Seal is set unto them, which before this Sacrament was not sealed, but like a bare writing without a Signet. This word Testament,