134 Theorder abbeeaajs teflifieth that all mans finnes pail, prefent, and to come, are waffled away. I .Pct.3.20. Eph.e .2 e,a, 6,27. Therefore baptifinemay bee truelytermedthe Sacrament ofrepentance, and, as it were, a boarde to fwimmevpon, when a man (hall feare the Ihipwrackeof his foule. Marke 1.4. i :Titnothie 1.19. Rom.6.4,6. Lail ofall,feethou neuer refl,till fuck time as thouhauea feelingofthat re. riuingpower,Ggnified inbaptifrne: nartely,the powerofChriflsdeathmorti. fying finne,and the vertue ofhis re4itrreó1ion,in the renouationofthe Spirit. CHAP. 34. Ofthe LordsSttpper. HeLordsSupper is aSacrament, wherewithinthe fignesof bread and wine, filch as areengraffed into Chrifl, are in him daily, in a ípirituall manner,nourifhed toeternall life. i.Cor.i a.a. 3,24,23.Rom.6.s. The proportion oftheparts ofthe Lords Sup";er,is on this wife. The Elements of bread and wine, are Cgnes and fales ofthe bodie and blond ofChrift. The ac`$ion of the Minifler,isanoteofGodsanion. TheMiniflers a6tion is fourefold. -The firil is, his taking the bread and wine into his comae hands : this doth PealethealionofGod the Father,by which he, from all eternitic, did fèparate andilea his Sonne, to performe the duetieofa Mediatour betwixt Godand man.Ioh.6.a7. For himhath the Father foaled. The fecond is, his bleffing ofit, whereby he, by the recitalloftheprotnifes, andpraiers conceiucd to that ende, Both a6luallyfeparate the bread and wine receiued from theircommon voto an holyvfe. This doth Peale that aClionof God,bywhichhe did in the fulneffeoftime, fend Chria toperforme theoffice ofa Mediatour,vnto the which he wasforeordained. The third is, the breakingof thebread, andpowring out of the wine : this loth feale the pafsionofChrifl, bywhich he, vcrelyvponthe croífe was, both in fóule andbodie,brufed forour tranfgrefsions. The fourth is, his di(lributingofthe bread and wine into the hands ofthe coinntuaicants. This fealeth theaaion ofGod,offerin ;Chrifl vnto all,yea,to the hypocrites; but giuing him indecdevnto the faithftd,for the daily encreafe oftheirfaith,and repentance. The ac`lion oftherecciuer,isdoubie. The firfl is,his taking thebread andwine in his band. This fealeth a fpiritual a6lionof the receiver, namely, his apprehenfionofChrifl by thehandoffaith. Ioh.r.t2. The fecond is, his eatingofthe bread,anddrinkingof the wine, tothe non- riflimentofhis bodie. This fealethhis applicationof Chrifl by faith, that the feeling
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