CHAP. 5. 6. Of the Church, &c. 395 t He to;ke the Bread,andbrake it, acrdfaid,Take,eate This is my body which is brelanfor you. By broken, meaning the tearing, brufing , and tormentingboth of his foule and body, as it is alio taken, Efay 5 3.5, whichhere hee vttereth in the prefent time, for the certaintie of that which (hould anon follow. TheWinepowred out, reprefented his Bloud , trick. l:ngand fireaming downe , of all parts of him , to the ground, Matth.26.28. This is my blood of theN,ew Te- fament,which is (that is to fay) (hall certainly, and that anon, be fbed formany. The Minigers deliveringof Bread 84 Wine, fignifieth Gods giuing of Chri(i to all Beleeuers : our taking of Bread andWine, theapprehendingof Chrig by Faith, and applyinghim to our felues. tlatth. 26. 26, 27, 28. He game theBread to hieD:fciples,andfaid,Takecate: thrá is my Body. Our eating and drinking of the Bread and Wine , the continuance and increafe in that holy Vnion andFellow(hip whichwee haue withhim,i.Cor.io.i6. The Cup of bleffing which wee blef e , i.r it not the Commu- nionof the blond of Cbrifl ? TheBread, whichwee breahe, is it not the Communion ofthe body of Chrfl I Eating all of one Bread, and drinking of one Cup, fignifieth the vnitie ofChrigs myflicall Body , whereof wee are all members. I.Cer.I o.17. Becaufe it is one Bread , wee that are many, are one Body : for wee all partake of one Bread. And therefore it is alto a Sacrament of loue; for ttflification whereof, the firll times of theChurch had their folemne Banquets,which they called, t Losefeafls, annexed to it; till the fame growing into abufe, theA- poile by his authoritiedid abolifh them, I.Cor. t I.20, 21,22. But here arifeth a great and difficult queflion, whe- ther theBread and Wine remayne after the confecra - fion. I fay, it loth : for C c Firft, f 7a ixxupél.(r. voy. As Math, 2.3.38. Beheld your houfe is left (ap:i7cto unto you defolate. That is, rnoft certainly ¡hall he left, and that ¡portly. t luáe, verf: r z..
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