I-Ioly Sacrament. 32 1 exercife of the foul's conjidering and medi– tating powers. And therefore (as one hath wdl obfer-ved) '' The rcprefentation of " Chrifi's death in the facrament is fo or– " dered, ·that it might both help the foul, " and leave it fon1ething to do in forming '' its ·own apprehenfions and r~fentment." In it we fee fo n1uch as to awaken our fouls, but not fo much as to keep then1 a– \Vake without themfelves. The outward .. (.~t objeCt: ferves to excite ourfaitb.; but then leaves it to its proper exercife and employ– :ment. Faith takes the hint which fenfe cloth give it, and in the facran1ental bread and wine can behold the blood and wounds of our bldled .Saviour. It placeth us, as it were, at the foot of his crofs, and n1akes us ohfervc the whole tranfaetion. ,And thus that holy ordinance we are to cele– brate, prefcnts to our view the \vonderful redemption of mankind, which fuall be the admiration of n1en and angels to all eter– nity: fo that, if there were not more, on this account we n1ight fay in fome fenfe, T_o ·mcrraw the Lord "Will da.71/onders among you. But is this not all. This facramcnt doth not only reprefe~t a wonder that is already pafi, but exhiLits one anew. The bread a~d ,.
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