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A treatise concerning the Lords Supper
A treatise concerning the Lords Supper: with three dialogues for the more full information of the weak, in the nature and use of this sacrament. / By Tho. Doolittel [sic].
printed by B. Green for Samuel Phillips, 1700
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.
M. Wherein is the agreement betwixt the outward signs, and the things signified?
C. In regard, 1 Of the preparations; that bread might be prepared, the Corn must be threshed in the floor, grounded in the Mill, baked in the Oven; and that Wine may be prepared, the Grape must be Crushed in the Wine press. So, that Christ might be a Saviour unto Sinners, he must be brui•ed for our sins, and scorched in the Oven of his Fathers Wrath, and alone must tread the Wine press, Isa 63:3: 2 In regard of usefulness; Bread is of daily use, whatsoever be our other refreshments: So Christ is of daily use unto us, whatsoever be our other enjoyments: Bread is the sta•• of life, and Wine cheereth the heart of Man: Such is Christ unto our Souls.
C. In regard, 1 Of the preparations; that bread might be prepared, the Corn must be threshed in the floor, grounded in the Mill, baked in the Oven; and that Wine may be prepared, the Grape must be Crushed in the Wine press. So, that Christ might be a Saviour unto Sinners, he must be brui•ed for our sins, and scorched in the Oven of his Fathers Wrath, and alone must tread the Wine press, Isa 63:3: 2 In regard of usefulness; Bread is of daily use, whatsoever be our other refreshments: So Christ is of daily use unto us, whatsoever be our other enjoyments: Bread is the sta•• of life, and Wine cheareth the heart of Man: Such is Christ unto our Souls.
M. What may you meditate upon, when you