cfAblxtion anddatssszatier. I5 keling ofhis true vnion and communionwithChria maydailybe encreafed. i .Cor. z 1.16. Thec«ppe ofbleffittgwhichwee bleffe,is it net thecommunionof the blondofChrifi? thebreadwhichwe breake.,ti; it Not thecommunion ofthe 64. dieof Chr:fl? That do6TritteofTranfubf}antiation,vvhichteacheth thatthe bread isturned into theverybodieofChrift, and the wine into hisblood, is a very fable: the, reafons why, are there. I. Inthe fir11 inflitution ofthe Supper,whichwasbe- foreChrif}his pafsion,the bodie ofChrif}was theneaten as alreadiecrucified: Now,how thebodie ofChri(l crucified fhouldaftera corporali mannerbe ea- ten,he himfelfbeingnotas yet crucified,it is impofsible to imagine. 1 I. The bread after the confecration, is dif+ributed intoparts : but the whole bodie of. Chrif} is receiued ofeuery finguler communicant. I IL The bread is the communionofChrifls bodie : therforenothis very bodie. I V. By this meanes the bodie ofChria fhould not onelybee madeofthe fubaance ofthe Virgine Marie,butalfo ofthebakers bread . V. Let the bread and vvinebee keptfor a time,and the breadwill mould,and the wine tunic tovineger after the confe- (ration, by which wee may conclude,that there did remaine the fubfl ance of breadand wine. V I. This opinion quite ouerthroweth the facramentall v- nion,namely,the proportion which isbetwixt thefgneand the thing figned. Thelike maybefaid ofthcLutherans confubaantiation,wherebythey beare men in hand thatthere is a coexiflence, by which thè bodie ofChrif} iseither in,orwith,or aboutthebread. Againa this,thcfe reafons may fuffice: J. The whole aelionoftheSupper is done in remembrance ofChril},nowwhat need that,ifthe bodieofChrif} were reallyprefent. I I. A61.3.21. Whomthe hea- wens tnttfi containe,vetill thetime that allthings be refored. III, This isan effentiall propertie ofeuery magnitude,and thereforeofthe bodieofChrif}, to beinone place, and circumfcribed or compaffedof one place. I V. Ifthat Chrifls bodie were eaten corporally, then should the wicked as well as the faithfull bepartakers oftheHefh ofChriil; but to eatehisflefh,is to beieeuein him,andtohaue eternalllife. V. It were veryabfurd tothinke,that aria fit- tingamongf} his Difciples,didwithhis ovinehands take hisowns bodie, and gineit wholly toeachof his Difciples. Such as will, in anholy fortprepare themfelues to celebrate the LòrdsSup. per,mufl haue : Fira,aknowledge ofGod andofmans fall, and ofthe promifed reflaura- tion into the couenant byChriff. z .Cor. i 1.26. So often asye Jhall eats this bread,anddrinkeaphisctppe,yeJU. ew'the death oftheLord tillhe come. 294F difcerne bodie. Secondly, true faith inChria e foreuery man receiuethfo much, as he be- leeueth hereceiueth.Heb.4.2.For vetovswas the Go.f ellpreached,as al/ovum them: but theword/hat theyheard,proßtednot them,becaufe itwas not mixed vihfaith in thafe that heard it, furthermore, truerepentance oftheir finnes. 14 Efay
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