B07431:101
Two treatises. 1. The holy exercise of a true fast, described out of God's…
Two treatises. 1. The holy exercise of a true fast, described out of God's word. / Written by T.C. ; 2. The substance of the Lords Supper. / Written by T.W..Two treatises. 1. The holy exercise of a true fast, described out of God's word. / Written by T.C. ; 2. The substance of the Lordes Supper. / Written by T.W..
London: printed for I. Harison, 1610
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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 ⟨p. 35⟩matter, wherein he was to deal: and partly, because he speaketh so often not of eating only, but also of believing; as vers. 23.40. &c. Which cannot be properly attributed to any outward or material thing; as may be gathered, Rom. 8.24. Also 2. Corinth. 5.7. But let us grant that it were to be understood of the holy Supper; yet it doth not for all that, establish any gross and carnal eating of the natural flesh or body of our Saviour Christ: for if it were so, then had not our Saviour sufficiently answered the Capernaites, who did grossly dream and dote of such a carnal manducation or eating, but rather had yielded unto the ⟨p. 36⟩same. Besides, if that should be allowed, in what a miserable estate should we leave the holy Fathers; who were long before the time of Christs taking our flesh upon him, and therefore could not eat it? And yet our Saviour affirmeth Mat. 8.11. that they were in the kingdom of Heaven: and Saint Paul saith 1. Corinth. 10.3.4 that they did all eat the same spiritual meat that we do, and did all drink the same spiritual drink that we do; there being no difference at all in respect of substance and effect betwixt their Sacraments and ours, but only in time, and in outward Elements: yet in what a miserable estate were Infants that should