folf~,_(nrichin:g _ex~,m~nllti(Jn. 39 -. and .bleffings of Heaven unto every bel~eving . Chrifrian~ ' · ·· - :· .." · li' · ~ They ferve ·as ~n<fsof.obedieil<:e ·to God, · ftricr obligations to . the llliltuall exerci~ofChri.. : i fii:lH charity, pro.vocation9 to gbd,line~, prefer.. vations from fimie, .memorials of the principall benefits of Chrift. ' · .This latter, tbe'-Lords Supper, is-·the fecond Sa- · cramentoftheGofpell, wh~r~in, by afact1men– tall ufeof BreadandWine, thofe that ar~ already ingraffed intoChtifr,:irenour~lhed,and· growwith fpiritualllife,andinthefiateof grace. - · _The fignes arid oUtward matter of this Sacra· · ment are, BreadandWine : The things fignified, areChrifrs body ·crucifiedJ'andhis bloud powred out~ About which·conceive this Analegie: ._· . Thebreadpa{feth thorowmany in;uries, much alteration, cuttingdowne, threffing, grinding, the parchingheat of the Oven, befor~ it ~an f?ee 6t food : Sodie b1dfedbad¥ Ot Chrift was pidfally bruifedand ren.t with drops ofbloudy fweat, with fcourges, with nailes, with th6rnes,. with a fp~re, before it couldbeafit facrificefor ourftrines. Asbread feeds the body) .lo<;~r.~fi: in the·Sacra- ., ment fi:rengthens the foule~ · ·_ _, ' · , Asbread drivesawa}'naturallhu.pger, foChri. ft:l fpiritilall. · - · · . · A~bread iS.~Venf9the ~ungry and, poor~_,.fo . -Chrift ~ffettuallftotbe~_broken heart, to th~.con- · tritefpirit~andtothehungty.fonle~ . . ·. . · AndfOia theWirie. ·' ·· · :- · ·As the wine ispi'dfedotit ofthe gi'~pe)\rhen it ·is · . E 4 . ·- . moft . ' , J ' . ·~ '• .
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