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…

It followeth; Do this in remembrance of me: That is, these ¹Signs shall be a remembrance of my Death: When you break the Bread you shall remember the wounding of my body, and when you drink the Wine you shall remember the shedding of my blood. If we do this in remembrance of Christ's body, which was broken like the Bread, it is an Argument that his body is not there, because remembrance is not of things present, but of things absent; we remember not, but we see that which is before us. This might put the Papists in remembrance that Christ is not Sacrificed now, when we do but remember his Sacrifice; this is not Christ's Sacrifice, but a remembrance of his Sacrifice: he was Sacrificed before, and now it is applied, lest his Sacrifice should be in vain. This was done once really, when he offered himself upon the Cross, therefore that offering was called a Sacrifice, because he was sacrificed indeed; but this offering is called a Sacrament, because it is but a sign of his Sacrifice.

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If Christ in this Sacrament were offered indeed, then it should ¹be called a Sacrifice, as his once offering was: but because it is but a remembrance of his Sacrifice, therefore it is called a Sacrament. This is not a Sacrifice of Christ, but a Sacrifice of our selves. Least we should take it to be a Sacrifice of Christ, Christ himself calleth it a remembrance of his Sacrifice, Do this in my remembrance.

If Christ in this Sacrament were offered indeed, then it should ¹be called a Sacrifice, as his once offering was: but because it is but a remembrance of his Sacrifice, therefore it is called a Sacrament. This is not a Sacrifice of Christ, but a Sacrifice of our selves. Least we should take it to be a Sacrifie of Christ, Christ himself calleth it a remembrance of his Sacrifice, Do this in my remembrance.