A65300:64
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.
If Christ gave the Cup, how dare the Papists with-hold it*? They clip and mutilate the Ordinance. They blot out Scripture; and may fear that doom, Rev. 22. 19. If any man shall take away from the words of the Book of this Prophecy, God shall take ⟨p. 19⟩away his part out of the Book of Life.
If Christ gave the Cup, how dare the Papists with-hold it*? They clip and mutilate the Ordinance. They blot out Scripture; and may fear that doom, Rev. 22. 19. If any man shall take away from the words of the Book of this Prophesie, God shall take ⟨p. 19⟩away his part out of the Book of Life.
- *Si quis dixerit ex Dei praecepto, vel necessitate salutis om nes & singulos Chri•i fideels utramque spe cicm sanctissimi Eucharistiae Sacramenti sumere debere, Anathema sit. Concil. Trident. Sess. Vicesimå primâ, Canon.
Quest What is meant by Christs taking the Cup?
Answ. The Cup is figurative: It is a Metonymy of the Subject, the Cup is put for the Wine in it. By this, Christ signified the shedding of his Blood upon the Cross; when his Blood was poured out, now the Vine was cut, and did bleed; now was the Lilly of the Valleys dyed of a purple Colour