The holy Eucharist, or, The mystery of the Lords Supper briefly explained

Therefore I conclude with Peter Martyr, That this Doctrine of Transubstantiation is to be abhorred and exploded, being minted only in mens fancies, but not sprung up in the field of the Holy Scriptures.

Therefore I conclude with Peter Martyr, That this Doctrine of Transubstantiation is to be abhorred and exploded, being minted only in mens phancies, but not sprung up in the field of the Holy Scriptures.

2. This Doctrine of the Sacrament, confutes such as look upon the ¹Lords Supper only as an empty Figure ⟨p. 25⟩or shadow, resembling Christ's Death, but having no intrinsic efficacy in it. Surely, this glorious Ordinance is more than an Effigies, or representative of Christ: Why is the Lords Supper called The Communion of the body of Christ^*, but because in the right celebration of it, we have sweet communion with Christ? In this Gospel-Ordinance, Christ doth not only show forth his Beauty, but send forth his Virtue. The Sacrament is not only a Picture drawn, but a Breast drawn; it gives us, a Taste of Christ as well as a Sight^*. Such as make the Sacrament only a representative of Christ, do shoot short of the Mystery, and come short of the Comfort.

2. This Doctrine of the Sacrament, confutes such as look upon the ¹Lords Supper only as an empty Figure ⟨p. 25⟩or shadow, resembling Christ's Death, but having no intrinsick efficacy in it. Surely, this glorious Ordinance is more than an Effigies, or representative of Christ: Why is the Lords Supper called The Communion of the body of Christ