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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.
As Christs Beauty, so his Bounty should make him loved by us; he hath given us his Blood, as the Price; and his Spirit as the Witness of our ⟨p. 35⟩Pardon. In the Sacrament Christ bestows all good things: He both imputes his Righteousness, and imparts his Loving-kindness. He gives a Fore-taste of that Supper which shall be celebrated in the Paradise of God. To sum up all: In the blessed Supper, Christ gives himself to Believers; and what can he give more? Dear Saviour, how should thy Name be as Ointment poured forth! The Persians worship the Sun for their God, let us worship the Sun of Righteousness. Though Judas sold Christ for Thirty Pieces, let us rather part with all, than this Pearl. Christ is that Golden Pipe, through which, the Golden Oil of Salvation is transmitted to us.
As Christs Beauty, so his Bounty should make him loved by us; he hath given us his Blood, as the Price; and his Spirit as the Witness of our ⟨p. 35⟩Pardon. In the Sacrament Christ bestows all good things: He both imputes his Righteousness, and imparts his Loving-kindness. He gives a Fore-taste of that Supper which shall be celebrated in the Paradise of God. To sum up all: In the blessed Supper, Christ gives himself to Believers; and what can he give more? Dear Saviour, how should thy Name be as Oyntment poured forth! The Persians worship the Sun for their God, let us worship the Sun of Righteousness. Though Judas sold Christ for Thirty Pieces, let us rather part with all, than this Pearl. Christ is that Golden Pipe, through which, the Golden Oyl of Salvation is transmitted to us.
5. Was Christ's Body broken? then we may behold Sin odious in the 1Red Glass of Christ's Sufferings. It is true, Sin is to be abominated, as it turned Adam out of Paradise, and threw the Angels down to Hell. Sin ⟨p. 36⟩