242 The Pafseover,a typeof WO. And how we may receive wholeChrifl. finne is it to referve the conrecrared hot (as they foo- lifhlycall it)either to boxe up, or to hangup, or towor- fhip and adore it, orpray unto it, or carry it in proceßî- on, or lift it upwith bothhands above the Priefis head, that it may be worfhippcd with divine and Idolatrous worfhip; oryet(ït it be poflìble) with moreblafphemy to offer it upon an Altar, as an unbloody facrificc for the finnes ofthequicke and dead,which abolifhcth (at once) thewhole Priefthood of Chrifl. All which the Lord would prevent in this conftitution , that no part ofthe lambe mutt be referved, but if'any were left it muff burnt with fire. I I. Wee Bate the whole lambe, when with the lignes we receive the thing fgnified,which is Chrift and all his merits. Weemalt feede upon anddigeft whole Chrift ; that is, bee united fo firaitly and undividedly to Iefus Chrifl, as the meat which is changed into the fame fabftance withour bodies ; and this by the faithof cur hearts , which fo ftraitly knits us to Chrifl as a mar- riage bonde; and he becomes a perfect nourilhcne.nt to us unto eternall life. Neither could our Lord fitlierex- prefre this fink union,then by feeding and eating;feeing therecannot be a firairer union in nature,then betweene the thing nourifhingand nourifhed. .920. What may! doe thus to receive the whole Lambe ? eilnfiv. z . Come hungry in fence of the want of faith , and defire of fupply. 2. Labour to feels the fweetneffe of Chrift ; take heed ofdefpiing this fweet Mannah. Let not the hunger of the Onyons,garlick, and flefh pots ofEgypt thruft downe thedefire of this Man - nah which comes downe from heaven ; to which theo- ther Mannahwas not halte fo fweet. 3. Thinke it not enough to eate the flefh ofChrift Sacramentally, if not fpiritually. Conceive what a fearefull delufion it is to eate the Sacrament of the flefh of Chrifl in.the Sup- per,
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