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The holy Eucharist, or, The mystery of the Lords Supper briefly explained
The holy Eucharist, or, The mystery of the Lords Supper briefly explained by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed by A. Maxwell for Thomas Parkhurst, 1668
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Answ. Who did Christ die for but such? 1 Tim. 1. 15. He came into the world to save sinners. He took our sins upon him, as well as our nature. Isa. 53. 4. He bare our griefs. In the Hebrew it is, [Greek or Hebrew] our sicknesses. See thy sins (saith Luther) upon Christ*, and then they are no more thine, but his. Our sins should humble us, but they must not discourage us from Christ; the more diseased we are, the rather we should step into this Pool of Siloam. Who doth Christ invite to the Supper, but the poor, halt, maimed? Luk. 14. 21. That is, such as see themselves unworthy, and fly to Christ for Sanctuary. The Priest was to take a bunch of Hyssop, and dip it in blood, and sprinkle it upon the Leper, Lev. 14. 7. Thou who hast the leprosy of ⟨p. 79⟩sin upon thee, yet if, as a Leper thou dost loath thy self, Christ's precious blood shall be sprinkled upon thee.
Answ. Who did Christ die for but such? 1 Tim. 1. 15. He came into the world to save sinners. He took our sins upon him, as vvell as our nature. Isa. 53. 4. He bare our griefs. In the Hebrew it is, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 our sicknesses. See thy sins (saith Luther) upon Christ*, and then they are no more thine, but his. Our sins should humble us, but they must not discourage us from Christ; the more diseased we are, the rather vve should step into this Pool of Siloam. Who doth Christ invite to the Supper, but the poor, halt, maimed? Luk. 14. 21. That is, such as see themselves unvvorthy, and flie to Christ for Sanctuary. The Priest was to take a bunch of Hyssop, and dip it in blood, and sprinkle it upon the Leper,