The door of salvation opened by the key of regeneration

At a Sacrament Christ would sweetly feast thy soul, bring thee into his Banqueting house, and cause his Banner over thee to be love: when others feed only upon Elements, thou shouldest feed on the Sacrament, and find his flesh to be meat indeed, and his blood to be drink indeed: when others stood at the door, and are put off with some poor scraps (as much as they came for) thou shouldst be called in, sit at his own table, feasted with the fat things of his house, drink of the rivers of his own pleasures, continue under his shadow with great delight, and know his fruit sweet unto thy taste: when thou sawest with the eye of faith the board spread, and richly furnished with variety of dainties, all the Cordials and sweet-meats of the Gospel; among the rest, with that love which is better then wine, thou shouldst hear a voice from the Spirit within thee, Eat, O Friend, drink abundantly, O Beloved; which, how ravishing it would be to thine ears, and how refreshing to thine heart, no tongue can tell. ⟨p. 257⟩O Reader, hadst thou ever found at a Sacrament what it is to sup with Christ, and Christ with thee, thou wouldst scorn the life of an Emperor for the life of a new Creature.

At a Sacrament Christ would sweetly feast thy soul, bring thee into his Banqueting house, and cause his Banner over thee to be love: when others feed onely upon Elements, thou shouldest feed on the Sacrament, and finde his flesh to be meat indeed, and his blood to be drink indeed: when others stood at the door, and are put off with some poor scraps (as much as they came for) thou shouldst be called in, sit at his own table, feasted with the fat things of his house, drink of the rivers of his own pleasures, continue under his shadow with great delight, and know his fruit sweet unto thy taste: when thou sawest with the eye of faith the board spred, and richly furnished with variety of dainties, all the Cordials and sweet-meats of the Gospel; among the rest, with that love which is better then wine, thou shouldst hear a voice from the Spirit within thee, Eat, O Freind, drink abundantly, O Beloved; which, how ravishing it would be to thine ears, and how refreshing to thine heart, no tongue can tell. ⟨p. 257⟩O Reader, hadst thou ever found at a Sacrament what it is to sup with Christ, and Christ with thee, thou wouldst scorn the life of an Emperor for the life of a new Creature.