And therefore Jesus Christ did not offer unto God either the bread or the wine of the Supper,1 or yet his body and his blood in the same, but did offer and communicate them both, to wit, the signs and the things signified by them, to his disciples, distributing bodily unto them that which was bodily and earthly, & spiritually that which was spiritual and heavenly.2 And therefore he said, Take ye, and eat ye, and drink ye, the which words he did not address unto▪ God, nor consequently the bread and the wine which he commanded to eat and to drink, neither his body nor his blood signified by the same, but to his disciples, and consequently to all those unto whom the supper is administered according to his ordinance. And therefore when Jesus Christ said,3 This is my body which is given and broken for you, he said it not in respect of that which he then did in the supper towards God his father, but in respect of that which he after did towards him upon the cross, very shortly after his supper. For it is there where he was given for us,4 when he offered him self upon the cross in sacrifice […] his father, and not at all in the supper. For it […] not there where he gave him self for us▪ […] ⟨image 50⟩where he is given to us: for he is there given unto us, inasmuch as he is communicated unto us by the mean of this sacrament of the Supper. Whereupon we have to note that Jesus Christ did use the present time, for the time to come,5 according to the Hebrew manner of speech, which useth often times indifferently the time passed, the time present, and the time to come the one for the other, & chiefly when it concerneth the promises of God, forsomuch as that which he promiseth is as certain, as if it were already present, or as if it were already done. Note. The like may we say also of that which is said of the wine, This is my blood of the new testament, the which is shed for many for the remission of sins. For it was not in the supper that the body of Jesus Christ was given and broken, and his blood shed, but upon the cross and in his death and passion.6 For the which cause the translator of the common Latin translation, the which the priests use in their mass, and in all their divine service, hath translated these, words into the time to come for the time present, saying, which shall be given, and which shall be broken, and which shall be shed &c.
And therefore Iesus Christ did not offer vnto God eyther the bread or the wine of the Supper,1 or yet his body and his bloud in the same, but did offer and communicate them both, to wit, the signes and the things signified by them, to his disciples, distributing bodily vnto them that which was bodyly and earthly, & sptritually that which was spiritual and heauenly.2 And therefore he said, Take ye, and eate ye, and drinke ye, the which woordes he did not addresse vnto▪ God, nor consequently the bread and the wine which he commanded to eate and to drinke, neither his body nor his bloud signified by the same, but to his disciples, and consequently to al those vnto whom the supper is administred according to his ordinance. And therefore when Iesus Christ sayd,3 This is my body which is giuen and broken for you, he sayd it not in respect of that which he then did in the supper towardes God his father, but in respect of that which he after did towardes him vpon the crosse, very shortly after his supper. For it is there where he was giuen for vs,4 when he offered him selfe vppon the crosse in sacrifice 〈…〉 his father, and not at all in the supper. For it 〈…〉 not there where he gaue him selfe for vs▪ 〈…〉 ⟨image 50⟩where he is giuen to vs: for he is there giuen vnto vs, in asmuch as he is cōmunicated vnto vs by the meane of this sacrament of the Supper. Whereupon we haue to note that Iesus Christ did vse the present time, for the time to come,5 according to the Ebrue maner of speach, which vseth often times indifferently the time passed, ye time present, and the time to come the one for ye other, & chiefly when it cōcerneth the promisses of God, forsomuch as that which he promiseth is as certaine, as if it were already present, or as if it were already done. Note. The like may we say also of that which is sayd of the wine, This is my bloud of the newe testament, the which is shed for many for the remission of sinnes. For it was not in the supper that the body of Iesus Christ was giuen and broken, and his bloud shed, but vpon the crosse and in his death and passion.
- 1Consider his wellConfider his well
- 2[…] commandment.〈…〉 cōmaundement.
- 3Luke. 22. 1. Cor. 11.
- 4One Lord gave him self for us upon the cross.One Lord gaue him selfe for vs vpon the crosse.
- 5Note th• Hebrew n• ner of speech.Note th• Ebrew n• ner of speach.
- 6The latin translator
