A65285:2843
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.
10. And when he had given Thanks.] [Greek or Hebrew]. Christ gave Thanks that God had given these Elements of Bread and Wine to be Signs and Seals of Man's Redemption by Christ. Christ's giving of Thanks, shows his Philanthropy, or Love to Mankind, who did so rejoice and bless God, that Lost Man was now in a way of Recovery, and that he should be raised higher in Christ than ever he was in Innocency.
10. And when he had given Thanks.] 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Christ gave Thanks that God had given these Elements of Bread and Wine to be Signs and Seals of Man's Redemption by Christ. Christ's giving of Thanks, shows his Philanthropy, or Love to Mankind, who did so rejoyce and bless God, that Lost Man was now in a way of Recovery, and that he should be rais'd higher in Christ than ever he was in Innocency.
11. He gave the Cup to them.] Why then dare any with-hold the Cup? This is to pollute and curtail the Ordinance, and alter it from its Primitive Institution. Christ and his Apostles administered the Sacrament in both Kinds, the Bread and the Cup, 1 Cor. 11.24, 25. And the Cup was received in the ancient Church for the space of 1400 Years, as is confessed by Two Popish Councils. Christ saith expressly, Drink ye all of this. He doth not say, Eat ye all of this: But, Drink ye all; as foreseeing the Sacrilegious Impiety of the Church of Rome in keeping back the Cup from the People. The Popish Council of Constance speaks plainly, but impudently, That although' Christ instituted and administered the Sacrament in both Kinds, the Bread and the Wine, yet the Authority of the Holy Canons, and the Custom of the Mother Church, think good to deny the Cup to the Laity. Thus as the Popish Priests make Christ but half a Saviour, so they administer to the People but half a Sacrament. The Sacrament is Christ's Last Will and Testament, in the Text, This is my Blood of the New Testament. Now to alter or take away any thing from a Man's Will and Testament, is a great Impiety. What is it then to alter and mangle Christ's Last Will and Testament? Sure 'tis an high Affront to Christ.