ofSaluationandVamnation. 75 tifmc they hauc beene mado partakers of the A Lords Supper: oncly they ought to be inflru. C<ed in the true f•irh. E•fib. Ecclef hif/.lib, 7· up. 8.faith, There w..u \t~ith 'VS 11n ancient pro– fe.!four ~fthtfaith, -yea, before 1 \V..u cruted Bi– j/JDp, ""J· oe[ore mypredcccffiur H<racles' Who tthen he 1\>.u preftnt a< the Baptifme offo.mc,4nd heArd wlutt quejlions they \\1ere JUk!d, andwhat anfivcr they returned. forthwith c11me weepinJ vn11 .,,,and lm.nbltnghimfilfeheforeme,confrf fed tluu he \\'a&bttpti:t.edby an hcrerike:yet e'n re. g~trd of that adminiftration which ~e fow in o1~r Church, he accou?Jted thou ne~bAptifme,in thift the confejfion there 11fod, U>.u fraught with blaJJhe. mies;·Thu •lfo he •adtdih;,t hC!V~Jfor thu of· fiiicefo(oregrietl6d, thAt he ditrfh" fo·mtteh M B ·bj? vp1HrtJ!HO hrauin :·.,Murefore he moft tar~ nej/1)_ b<fo•gbt mee, thAt ''""ik"t bi c/,.nftd.md porijitd rrith the b•ptiftmofour Chur<h,&fort– ctiHtthegr~tceofthe H. GhtJjJ. The which mu– rrithj/lfndiflg, I d~trff mt prcfome to adminifler, butfoid,it ll>.u f•!ficiet for him th<t hehlldbi•fo long11proftjfour amo11gjl vs, & that at tiJe reccit ofthe LoratSupp<r' he-.[ll>md, A:n<~, theft things 1t1ld him \%1ere offerce eno11gh to purge JJim. Andtherefore 1~tduiftd him, t1 refl him– frlfe~'nhisform~r faith find confcience ,.r/readie fiifficicntly puriji•d,efPrci•lly in that hefo long wa. partA/zyr with vs in the S{fcr4m:nts, Auguit.lib. ~.cap. • .contra.Petil.lircras. The right vfc ofbaprifme is this. When in– wardly in thine heart thou fcnfibly feeldl, C that through the heat of concupifcence, thou art mooucd to co11mic fome fin 1 then begin to haue fome holy meditation of th;>t fo– lemnevmv, which thou didfl make to God in baptifi11e. Againe, ifthrough inlirmitio, thou falletl once or often into fo:nc finne, fiiJI hauc re– courfc vnto blptifme, that there thou maiefi receiue courage t0 thy foule. For although baprifme be but once onely adminiflred, yet chat once tetlifierh that all mens finnes pall, prefem,and to come,are wathed away. r.Pet. ~ .>r. Eph. )·>p6,27. Therefore baptifine may be truly termed the Sacrament of re– pentance, and as it were, aboard to fwimme vpon, when arnan fhllll feare the fi1ip-u•racke D ofhisfoule.M.r~x .. t.I· Tim.x.x9.Rom.6. <mfc4.6. b!l ofall,fee thou ncuerretl, tlll fuch time as thou haue afeefing of tharrenewing pow– er fignified in baptiGuc: namely, the power of Chri[ls death mortifying Gone, •nd tl1c vertue of his refurreCtion, in the renouation of the fpiric. CHAP. XXXIV. Ofthe Lordt Supper. THe Lords Supper is aSacrament, where. with in the !ignesof b'rcad & wine, fi>ch i ~s arc_e~graffed into Chtitl, are in him daily, \m afptntuall manner , nourifhed to cternall jjifc. I.Cor.n.•;,z4,•S· R•m.6. S• The proportion of the parts ofthe Lords Supper, is on this 14•ife. The elements ofbread and wine,are fignes and feales ofthe bodie .nd blood ofChrifl. The a8:ion of the Minifl<r, is a note of Gods at!ion. the Miniflers a8:icn is foure.fold. The firll, is his caking the breadand wine in his owne hands: thiscloth reale the aCtion ofGod the Father, bywhich h~ from ail et...r-. niric,did fepar:ltc tlnd ckl:l bfsSonne,to per~ forme the dutic ofa Mediatour betwixt God and man. Ioh.t.:,27. For him bJStb the F~tthe-; (e•led, The fecontl,ishis blefsing ofit,whereby he, by the recital oftbe promiks, & prayers con– ceiued to that end, doth attually feparate the bread a1~d wine recc:iued from their common vntoaoholy vfe. Thisdoth fcalethatatlion ofGod,by which he did in the fnlnes oftime, fend Chrift to performe the office ofa Medi– atour, voro the which he was fore.ordained. Thethird,is the breaking ofthe bread,and powriogontofthc wine; rhis doth feale the p:1fsion ofCbriO:,by wbichhe~verily vpon tfuc croffe was,borh in foule •nd body, bruifed for our tranfgrd'si0us. The fourth, is his ditlrioucing ofthe bread and wine into th~t hands of the communi– cants. This fealeth the attion ofGod,olfering Chrifl vntoall,yea,totbe hypocrites: but gi– uing him indeede vnto the faithfull, for tile daily increafe of theirfaith,and repentance. The aelion ofth< receiuer,isdonb!e. The lirfl,is his raking the bread and wine in his haod.This fcalerh a fpirituall action ofthe receiucr, namely, his2pprehenfioo ofChrifi by the hand of faith./oh.1. 12. Tl1e fecolld, is his eating ofrhc bread, and drinking ofthe wir.c, to the nourifhment of his borlie. This ICaleth the applimion of Chrifll>y faith, that the feelingofhis truev– nion aod communion wirh Chrill: may daily be increafed. x. Cor. r0.16. Thcc•p of blcjfing 'WhHrl' we bltffe, u '' not the r;ommnnio11of the bktdof Cbrifl? th16re~d\J;bich ~ebren~e~i& it ttQt thecommunion ofthe bl7dieofChrijl? The do<flrine of ttJnftrbtlantiation, which teachcth 1 that the bread is turned into the: ve– ry body of Chrill, & the wine imo his blood, is • very fablc:the reafons wby,arethcf<. I. In the lir!l: inUiturion of the Supper, which was before Chrifl his pafsion, the bodie ofChrifl was th-en e::~ten as a:re:adycrucified:).Jow,how the body of Chrifl crucified fl10uld after a corporallmanner be eaten, he himfclfe being not as yet crucified , it is impofsible to ima– gine. I I. The bread afterrhe confecration is difl~ib?ted into parts: but the whole body~f Chn!l1s reccmedofeuery Gngular communi– cant. III.The bread is the comunionofChrifls booy:therefore not hisvery body.IV.By this meaoesrhe body of Chriflfl,ould norondy be made ofthe fubflance of the virgin Mary but alfoofthe bakersbread.V. Lee the bread and
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