A96226:192
The humble advice of the Assembly of Divines, now
The humble advice of the Assembly of Divines, now by authority of Parliament sitting at Westminster, concerning a confession of faith, presented by them lately to both houses of Parliament. A certain number of copies are ordered to be printed only for the use of the members of both houses and of the Assembly of Divines, to the end that they may advise thereupon.
London: printed for Company of Stationers, 1646
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.
Our Lord Jesus, in the night wherein he was betrayed, Instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood, called the Lords Super, to be observed in his Church, unto the end of the World, for the perpetual Remembrance of the sacrifice of Himself, in his Death; the sealing all benefits thereof unto true Believers, their Spiritual nourishment and growth in him, their further engagement in, and to, all duties which they owe unto him; and, to be a bond, and pledge of their Communion with him, and with each other, as members of his mystical Body.
OUr Lord Jesus, in the night wherein he was betrayed, Instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood, called the Lords Super, to be observed in his Church, unto the end of the World, for the perpetual Remembrance of the sacrifice of Himself, in his Death; the sealing all benefits thereof unto true Beleevers, their Spiritual nourishment and growth in him, their further ingagement in, and to, all duties which they owe unto him; and, to be a bond, and pledge of their Communion with him, and with each other, as members of his mystical Body.
II. In this Sacrament Christ is not offered up to his Father; nor, any real Sacrifice made at all, for remission of sins of the quick or dead; but only a Commemoration of that one offering up of himself, by himself, upon the Cross, once for all: and, a spiritual Oblation of all possible praise unto God, for the same: So that, the Popish Sacrifice of the Mass (as they call it) is most abominably injurious to Christs one, only Sacrifice, the alone Propitiation for all the sins of his Elect.
III. The Lord Jesus hath, in this Ordinance, appointed ⟨p. 48⟩his Ministers to declare his word of Institution to the people; to pray, and bless the Elements of Bread and Wine, and thereby to set them apart from a Common to an Holy Use; and, to Take, and Break the Bread, to Take the Cup, and (they communicating also themselves) to give both to the Communicants; but, to none who are not then present in the Congregation.