396 The f coedBacke ef_Dittinilie, CHAP. 5, 6. 1 iríl , It were elfe noSacrament, if there be no figne left of a thing figtlified. Secondly , It ouerthroweth the Truth of Chrifis humane Nature, to make it in many places at once, to bee inuifible , without .colour or accidents. All vvhich mull bee admitted , if Cnrifls very Flefh bee there. Thirdly, It is contrarie to the c prefhe authoritieof the Scripture, which faith, u Heatsenman contayne him, till the timeofthe refioring of all things. Fourthly , If the Bread bee Chrifl , then in the firfl Inflitutionthere were twoChrifis ; one , that gane the Bread (for that Chrifl himfelfe did :) another, that was giuçn. And as Hce which is Truth it felfe, faith, This rs my Body : So bee x faith , that theCrap is the New Teflament, which mull needs bee vnderílood figuratiue. ly for the Wine, to bee a feale of the NewTeflament : as Baptifine is called , Thetaut Y birth, and wafhing s of pones. And the like is commonly to bee feene in the Old Teftament as weeheard before of Circurncifion, and the Pafchall Lambe, which gaue occafion to our Sa- uiour Chrifl , fpeaking by the fame Spirit , to vfe the fame courfe of figuratiue and borrowed fpeeches , be ing often-ernes more lightfome then the other, and better fitting the natureofa Sacrament , and that neere conicnetion which is betweene the figne and the thing fignified, Chrifl hirttleife being indeed and trucly giuen in the Sacrament; but fpiritually by Faith not in a car- nal' or flefhly manner. The forme which the Mihifler is here to vie, is in de- liìterieof theBread. : a Takeyee, easeyee . This is my Body which is gimen foryou : Doe this in remembranceof me. In deliuerie ofthe Cup, b Drinkeyeeall ofthis: for this ismy blondofthe 'New Tefiarnent,which isflied for many , for the remifon of finnes. Doe this as oft asyee fhall drinke , ist remembrance of me. Thefe t1 Acis x Luke 12.10. y Titus 3.5. z Atis24.16. a t.Cox.I I. 24. b blat.2F.2,7,=8 I,CoY.I 1.25.
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