neciauo i titb r ed Chrift, eating his Flefh and drinking bis Blood; and what a Feaft is this ! 'tis much that our Bodies may live upon the Body and Blood of Creatures ; but Oh incomparable Grace ! Our Souls may live on the Body and Blood of God. One drop whereof, faith Luther, is more worth thanHeaven and Earth. Cruci hiere- mus, finguinem f ugimus,& intra ipfa Kedempto- ris noftri vulnera figimus linguam, faith St. Cy- prian. Hau(tu interiori in a Spiritual Myftical way, we do in this Ordinance cleave to Chrilts Crof, fuckhis precious Blood, and as it were fa- tten our Tongues within his healing Wounds. Whileft the Bread and Wine are Phyfically and Carnally united to us, we are Myftically and Hyperphyfically united to Chrift, becoming Members of his Body, of his Flefb, and of his Bones ; Spiritually dwelling in him and he in us; The fame holy Spirit, which is upon him in Heaven, falling down upon us on Earth ; and the Faith which is in us here below, afcending up to clafp and embrace him. In finn Chrifii recumbimus, in cor Chrifli introf picimus, faith Luther; We lie in his bofom, and look into his heart. In our Pardon fealed we tafte the fweet- nefs of his atoning Blood, and in the effufion of the holy Spirit we drink at the fountain- head of Grace fprung up in his Humane Na- ture. We have here the whole Covenant or Charter of Grace fealed to us, and may believe not only ex promif'obut ex pignore : Over and above the Promife we have a pawn or pledg of the Truth thereof. We faw not the infpired Pro- 377
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