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…

Again, the Cup is called the New Testament; and yet the Cup ¹is but a piece of metal filled with Wine: but the New Testament is: He which believeth in the Son shall be saved. This is not a Cup, ²and yet as though the Cup were the New Testament it self, it is called the New Testament, because it signifieth the New Testament: so the bread and wine are called Christ's body, because they signify Christ's body.

Again, the Cup is called the New Testament; and yet the Cup ¹is but a piece of mettal filled with Wine: but the New Testament is: He which believeth in the Son shall be saved. This is not a Cup, ²and yet as though the Cup were the New Testament it self, it is called the New Testament, because it signifieth the New Testament: so the bread and wine are called Christ's body, because they signifie Christ's body.

1. 1Luke 22. 2.
2. 2John 3. 35.

They which knew that the Lamb is not the Passover, though Christ called it the Passover; that Circumcision is not the Covenant, though God calleth it the Covenant; that Baptism is not Regeneration, though it be called Regeneration; that the Cup is not the New Testament, though Christ called it the New Testament; could they not as well understand, that the Bread and Wine were not Christ's body, though Christ called them his body? As they understood these speeches, so they understood this speech: therefore they which say, that the Bread and Wine are Christ's body, because Christ saith, This is my Body; may as