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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.
2. The Time when Christ did institute the Sacrament; wherein we ⟨p. 5⟩1may take notice of two Circumstances. 1. It was when he had supped, Luk. 22. 20. [[Greek or Hebrew], After Supper.] Which had this Mystery in it, To show that the Sacrament is chiefly intended as a spiritual Banquet; it is not to indulge the Senses, but to feast the Graces. It was, after Supper.
2. The Time when Christ did institute the Sacrament; wherein we ⟨p. 5⟩1may take notice of two Circumstances. 1. It was when he had supped, Luk. 22. 20. [〈non-Latin alphabet〉, After Supper.] Which had this Mystery in it, To shew that the Sacrament is chiefly intended as a spiritual Banquet; it is not to indulge the Senses, but to feast the Graces. It was, after Supper.
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2. The other Circumstance of Time, is, That Christ did appoint the Sacrament a little before his sufferings, 1 Cor. 11. 23. The Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread. He knew troubles were now coming upon his Disciples; it would be no small perplexing to them, to see their Lord and Master crucified; and shortly after they must pledge him in a bitter Cup; therefore, to arm them against such a time, and to animate their spirits, that very night in which he was betrayed, he gives them his Body and Blood, in the Sacrament.