616 THE L 0 R D 's s u p p E R. ~oak IV. to his Order, in this part of the ev~ngelical Law, and to practife it no otherwife than he has prefcribed, becaufe it was once fo delivered to the Saints. V. We would coution all that would approach to this fa.cred evangelical Ordinance, unlefs they be dead to Sin, that is, fuch as truly and really hate WickeClnefs, and tlte empty Vanities of the World; and unlefs they have a Profpect of, and long w have an Intereft in chat never-fading Inheritance, promifed by our dear Lord Jefus to his Children; not to prophane this blelfed lnftitution : Becaufe, if they wane the due Q!Jalifications of ferious and converted Souls, viz. Faith, Repentance, and good Lives, they are hereby entitled, not real Members of Chrift, but Hypocrites, and incur as great a Hazard, as fuch do who eat and drink unworthily of the Lord's Supper. L 0 R D's S U P P E R. F•r I have received of the Lord, that which alfo I delivered unto you, '!'hat the Lord Jefus, the fame Night in which he was betrayed, took Bread, I Cor. xi. 23. And when he bad given '!'hanks, he brake it, and faid, 'l'ake, eat, this is my Body which is brokm for you : '!'his do in remembrance of me, Verfe 24. THE Papifls affirm, That after the Words which they call the Words of Confecration, fpoken by their Mafs-Prieft, the Bread is changed into the real Body of J efus Chrift; and many of the blelfed Martyrs, in ~een Mqry's Days, were burned to Allies for denying this Tranfubftantiation. Which abfurd ;md monftrous Conceit of theirs hath been learnedly confuted by many ancient and modern Writers, fo tha: it may be thought needlefs to add any Thing here upon that account; yet thar we may make our way the more plain co chefe metaphorical and figurative Expreffions ufed by our Savior, when he inftittJted the holy Sacrament of the Supper, faying, 'l'bis is my Body, fomething briefly we fhall offer, in confutation of their pernicious Doctrine; which may foon be done, for they confme rhemfdves, in laying, That the Sacrament is a Feaft for our Souls, and not for our Bodies: Now what is my SouL the better, when I cat the very Body of Chrift? Chrift is cat and received fpiritually' Whofo eateth my Fle/h, and drinketb my Blo•d, bath everl~fring Life, and l 'lpiil, faid1 Chrift, raife him up at the /aft Day, John vi. 54-· Therefore the eating of Chrift'& F!efh cannot intend the receiving of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper; for if ir did, it would be a very eafy way tor the vileft Sinner to go to Heaven. Em to come directly to the Bufinefs in hand: Either Chrift fpake figuratively, when he faid, 'This is my Body, or he did nor? And that rhe Words cannot be taken in a proper Senfe, is evident ; for it is impoffible for Words to exprefs any Thing more plainly, than that by this is meant the Bread. It is faid, that Cbrifl took Bread, and brake it, and gave it, and faid, 'Take, eat, this is my Body; where this necelfarily re– lates to that which Chrift took, brake, and gave. Alfo the Apoflle faith pofitively thrice in a Breath, that it is Bread : As often as ye eat this Bread, &c. I Cor. xi. 26. And whofoever .fha/1 eat this Bread, John vi. 58. '!'he Bread which we break, is it not the Communion of the Body of Chrifl? 1 Cor. x. I 6. Alfo the Participation of the Sacra– ment is called, B•·eaking of Bread, Afls ii. 46. and xx. 7. which Popifh Aurhors them– felves underftand of the Sacrament. Now can any be lo ignorant and foolilh, co beheve it is Chrift's proper and real B~dy, which the Holy-Ghoft calleth fo often Bread, after it is blelfed, &c. · Objefl. By this, fay fame of the Papijls, is neither intended the Bread, nor Chriji's Body; but in general, this Subflance which is contained u;tder this Species. * Anfw. ' What do they mean? Are there any more Sub!tances under thofc Species, ' befides the Bread firft, and afterwards the Body of Chrift? Do not they affirm, as ' foon as ever it ceafeth w bo Bread, it becomech che real Body of Chri-fr ? Then ' furely if it be a Subftance, according to what they lay, it muft either be Bread, or ' the Body of Chrift, or no Snbfc;mce ar all.' Objefl. Chrifl's Body is after the Manmr of a Spirit, taking up no Room, fo that !le.id, Hands, Feet, are altogether in the /eafl Crumb of tbe liofl. . Anfw. ' In arguing thus, as a learned Man obfervts, they plead for the Propnety ' of Words, and defrroy the Propri"'Y of 'I hings. How can they fay it is properly a " BeHarmin, dt Eu1h. I. 3· (, 12. 1 .' Body,
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