A65285:2833
A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Resp. It is a visible Sermon, wherein Christ crucified is set before us; or it is a Sacrament of the New Testament, wherein by receiving the Holy Elements of Bread and Wine, our Communion with Christ is signified and sealed up to us. Or thus: It is a Sacrament Divinely Instituted, wherein by giving and receiving Bread and Wine, Christ's Death is showed forth, and the worthy Receivers are by Faith made Partakers of his Body and Blood, and all the Benefits flowing from thence. For the further explaining of the Nature of the Lord's Supper, I shall look back to to the Institution.
Resp. It is a visible Sermon, wherein Christ crucify'd is set before us; or it is a Sacrament of the New Testament, wherein by receiving the Holy Elements of Bread and Wine, our Communion with Christ is signify'd and seal'd up to us. Or thus: It is a Sacrament Divinely Instituted, wherein by giving and receiving Bread and Wine, Christ's Death is shewed forth, and the worthy Receivers are by Faith made Partakers of his Body and Blood, and all the Benefits flowing from thence. For the further explaining of the Nature of the Lord's Supper, I shall look back to to the Institution.
1. Jesus] took Bread. Here is the Master of the Feast, or the Institutor of the Sacrament. The Lord Jesus he took Bread. He only is fit to Institute a Sacrament, who is able to give Virtue and Blessing to it.
1. Iesus] took Bread. Here is the Master of the Feast, or the Institutor of the Sacrament. The Lord Iesus he took Bread. He only is fit to Institute a Sacrament, who is able to give Vertue and Blessing to it.
2. He took Bread.] Christ's Taking of the Bread was one Part of his Consecration of the Elements, and setting them apart for an Holy Use. And as Christ did consecrate the Elements, so we must labour to have our Hearts consecrated before we receive these Holy Mysteries in the Lord's Supper. How unseemly a Sight is it to see any come to these Holy Elements, having Hearts leavened with Pride, Covetousness, Envy! These do with Judas receive the Devil in the Sop, and are no better than Crucifiers of the Lord of Glory.