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…

What then, is there nothing in the Sacrament but Bread and ¹Wine, like an hungry nunscion? Nay, we say not that the Sacrament is nothing but a bare sign, or that you receive no more than you see: for Christ saith, that it is his body: and Paul saith, that it is the Communion of Christ's body and blood: Therefore there is more in sacramental bread then in common bread; though the nature be not changed, yet the use is changed: it doth not only nourish the body as it did before, but also it bringeth a bread with it which nourisheth the Soul: for as sure as we receive bread, so sure we receive Christ; not only the benefits of Christ, but Christ: although not in a Popish manner, yet we are so joined and united unto him, even as though we were but one body with him.

What then, is there nothing in the Sacrament but Bread and ¹Wine, like an hungry nunscion? Nay, we say not that the Sacrament is nothing but a bare sign, or that you receive no more than you see: for Christ saith, that it is his body: and Paul saith, that it is the Communion of Christ's body and blood: Therefore there is more in sacramental bread then in common bread; though the nature be not changed, yet the use is changed: it doth not onely nourish the body as it did before, but also it bringeth a bread with it which nourisheth the Soul: for as sure as we receive bread, so sure we receive Christ; not onely the benefits of Christ, but Christ: although not in a Popish manner, yet we are so joyned and united unto him, even as though we were but one body with him.

1. 1More in the Lord's Supper, then Bread and Wine. 1 Cor. 10.

As the Spouse doth not marry with the Lands and Goods, but with the Man himself, and being partaker of him, is made ¹