Part 11. 1 )4'SAinl or "A Brute: ·a·9i the coNS E CR. .AT ION, .we prefenttoour Cre_!fto-, .the creatures of 'Bread and Wine, acknowh:dging that from himwe re~ ceive themandall, and.we defire that upon ·our1JtdicatirJn, by hi.r .AcceptaNce: :hey may be made Sacramentally and Reprefent4t.. tiveiJ the Body and Bloodof ?efus Chrift. . In the fecend pttrt of the Eucharifl: , whirh is the C 0 M~ 'ME M 0 R .1.1 T 10 N of the facrifice offered ,on the Crofs ., we brea.k._ the bread an~ poNr {flrth tke -wine'· to Reprefent the. breaking of Chrifis Body, and Lheddmg of hts Blood for the fin of man . and we befeech the Father to be Reconciled to us on '.his Sons ;c<::ount, and to accept Ui in hi~ Beloved, and to accept all our facrifices through him. So char, as Chrifl: now in Heaven, is Reprefentinghu facrifice to the Father, whi€h·h~ once offered on the Crofs for fin , fo muft the Minifter of Chnfi Reprefent and ple~~d to tht Flllther the fame {acrifice by way of CoWJmemoration, and fuch Jntercejfion 'a~ belongeth to his Office. Tpe third part of the Eucharifi is the 0 F F E R and P A R– T I C I P AT I 0 N : in which the Minifter Reprefenting Chr~ fl, doth by CommiJ!i~ndeliver his BeJy and 73/ood to the pe– nitent, hungry, hlie11ingfeu! ! andwithChrifl is delivered a{ell!t_d pardon of all fin, and afealed gift of life EtertMl. All which ar~ received by the true Believer. An unbeliever knoweth not what tranfactions there arc be-· · tween--the Lord and a holy foul in this Ordinance, where the ap– pearances are fo fmall. A bit of bread and a fup of wine arc in– deed fmall matters : But fo is not this Communion with God <· the Father, Son, and Holy Ghofr. What a comfort is it tbat the offendedMajefiy will accept a facrifice at our hand~and enter a treaty of Peace with the offendo1.1rs ? Yea that he will provide the facrificc himfelf, and the precioufeft in the whole world : that he will fignifie this his acceptance of the facrifice and how he is pleafed in his well- beloved Son! and that he acc;pteth his Sons I~terceffion in the Heavens, and his Mi.nifiers interceffion , and lus Churches prayers on earth through Chrifl ! Seeing Chrift mull: be glorified with hi$;Fat.her, and not continue vifible amogg lls, what ~ould ~ede!ire more from him, then the threefold. Jle– pre(~ntauv_e whtch he ha rh left behind him, to fupply the room of h1s Bodtly prcfence! Even Ehe Reprefentation of himfelf by t~e S~ecr~ment, byhis Minjfters, and by the Holy Ghoft, which is hts fu~flirute ~it~i.n. f~~ ~he ~fficacy of ~lt 0 what unfpeakable !' p ~ . . · - -- - myfieries
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