A Body of Practical Divinity

2. The End of the Sacrament is to keep up the Memory of Christ's Death. 1 Cor. 11.25. This do ye [Greek or Hebrew], in remembrance of me. If a Friend give us a Ring at his Death, we wear it to keep up the Memory of our Friend. Much more then ought we to keep up the Memorial of Christ's Death in the Sacrament! Christ's Death lays a Foundation for all the magnificent Blessings which we receive from Christ. The Covenant of Grace was agreed on in Heaven, but sealed upon the Cross. Christ hath sealed all the Articles of Peace in his Blood. Remission of Sin flows from Christ's Death, Matth. 26.28. This is my Blood of the New Testament shed for many for the Remission of Sins. Consecration, or making us Holy, is the Fruit of Christ's Death. Heb. 9.14. How much more shall the Blood of Christ purge your Conscience! Christ's Intercession is made available to us by Virtue of his Death. Christ could not have been admitted an Advocate, if he had not been first a Sacrifice. Our entering into Heaven is the Fruit of Christ's Blood, Heb. 10.19. Christ could not have prepared Mansions for us, if he had not first purchased them by his Death: So that we have a great deal of cause to commemorate Christ's Death in the Sacrament.

2. The End of the Sacrament is to keep up the Memory of Christ's Death. 1 Cor. 11.25. This do ye 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, in remembrance of me. If a Friend give us a Ring at his Death, we wear it to keep up the Memory of our Friend. Much more then ought we to keep up the Memorial of Christ's Death in the Sacrament! Christ's Death lays a Foundation for all the magnificent Blessings which we receive from Christ. The Covenant of Grace was agreed on in Heaven, but sealed upon the Cross. Christ hath sealed all the Articles of Peace in his Blood. Remission of Sin flows from Christ's Death, Matth. 26.28. This is my Blood of the New Testament shed for many for the Remission of Sins. Consecration, or making us Holy, is the Fruit of Christ's Death.