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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.
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 ⟨p. 178⟩see that Christ ordained both Bread and Wine to be the signs in this Sacrament?