Two treatises. 1. The holy exercise of a true fast, described out of God's…

But here arise up three special objections, to be answered: two whereof, are taken for the words of ⟨p. 33⟩the text of holy Scripture, & the third from the omnipotency & almighty power of our Saviour Christ: common things indeed, and might as easily be rejected as objected: but yet both for the strengthening of them that stand, & for the satisfying & instruction of them that be weak and ignorant. I will in a word or two, as it were, make a short, yet a sound, sufficient, and true answer I hope, to every one of them severally and by them selves.

But heere arise vp three speciall obiections, to be answered: two whereof, are taken for the wordes of ⟨p. 33⟩the text of holy Scripture, & the third from the omnipotencie & almightie power of our Sauiour Christ: common thinges indeede, and might as easily be reiected as obiected: but yet both for the strengthening of them that stand, & for the satisfying & instruction of them that be weake and ignoraunt. I will in a word or two, as it were, make a short, yet a sound, sufficient, and true answere I hope, to euery one of them seuerally and by them selues.

The first place objected, were these words out of John. 6.13. Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whereunto I answer, first, ⟨p. 34⟩that neither these words, neither the rest of the Chapter, can properly be understood of the Lords supper; because that was not at that time instituted and ordained, but rather of our communication or partaking with Christ, by the means of faith apprehending the word, and applying particularly unto our selves, all the gracious and sweet promises, that the Lord hath made and offered unto us therein: which may appear, partly because he persisteth by a a continual thread of speech as it were, in the metaphor of Bread or Meats, mentioned vers. 26.27 using sundry borrowed speeches agreeing well to the circumstance of the