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…

I showed you before, that every Sacrament is called by the name of the thing which it doth signify, and therefore why should we stumble at this more then the rest? The reason why the signs have the name of the things, is to strike a deeper reverence in us, to receive this Sacrament of Christ reverently, sincerely, and holily, as if that Christ were there present in body and blood himself,

I shewed you before, that every Sacrament is called by the name of the thing which it doth signifie, and therefore why should we stumble at this more then the rest? The reason why the signs have the name of the things, is to strike a deeper reverence in us, to receive this Sacrament of Christ reverently, sincerely, and holily, as if that Christ were there present in body and blood himself,

And surely, as he which defaceth the Queens Seal is convicted of Contempt and Treason to her own Person; so he which profaneth the Seals of Christ, doth not Worship Christ, but despite him, and that contempt shall be required of him, as if he had contemned Christ himself. This is the Reason why Christ calleth the signs of his body his body, to make us take this Sacrament reverently, because we are apt to contemn it, as the Jews did their Manna.

And surely, as he which defaceth the Queens Seal is convicted of Contempt and Treason to her own Person; so he which prophaneth the Seals of Christ, doth not Worship Christ, but despite him, and that contempt shall be required of him, as if he had contemned Christ himself. This is the Reason why Christ calleth the signs of his body his body, to make us take this Sacrament reverently, because we are apt to contemn it, as the Jews did their Manna.

It followeth; Do this in remembrance of me: That is, these ¹