A Divine Cordial

3. The Lords Supper works for good: It is an Emblem of the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, Rev. 19.9. and an Earnest of that Communion we shall have with Christ in Glory; it is a feast of fat things; it gives us bread from Heaven, such as doth not only preserve life, but prevent death. It hath glorious effects in the hearts of the Godly; it quickens their Affections, strengthens their Graces, mortifies thei• Corruptions, revives their Hopes, increaseth their Joy. Luther saith, It is as great a work to comfort a dejected soul, as to raise the dead to life; yet this ⟨p. 17⟩may, and sometimes is done to the souls of the Godly in the blessed Supper. The Sacrament hath a peculiar excellency above the Word preached. In the Word there is the Breath of God, in the Sacrament the Blood of God; in the Word we hear his Voice, in the Sacrament we have his kiss. The Word proceeds out of Gods mouth, the Sacrament out of his sides.

3. The Lords Supper works for good: It is an Emblem of the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, Rev. 19.9. and an Earnest of that Communion we shall have with Christ in Glory; it is a feast of fat things; it gives us bread from Heaven, such as doth not only preserve life, but prevent death. It hath glorious effects in the hearts of the Godly; it quickens their Affections, strengthens their Graces, mortifies thei• Corruptions, revives their Hopes, encreaseth their Joy. Luther saith, It is as great a work to comfort a dejested soul, as to raise the dead to life; yet this ⟨p. 17⟩may, and sometimes is done to the souls of the Godly in the blessed Supper. The Sacrament hath a peculiar excellency above the Word preached. In the Word there is the Breath of God, in the Sacrament the Blood of God; in the Word we hear his Voyce, in the Sacrament we have his kisse. The Word proceeds out of Gods mouth, the Sacrament out of his sides.