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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
body_n	blood_n	break_v	shed_v	10,145	5	9.7147	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31058	A brief exposition of the Lord's prayer and the Decalogue to which is added the doctrine of the sacraments / by Isaac Barrow ...	Barrow, Isaac, 1630-1677.	1681 (1681)	Wing B928; ESTC R20292	77,455	270

of Bread and Wine 2. The breaking of Bread and handling the Cup. 3. The delivery and distribution of them to the persons present 4. The declaration accompanying that delivery that those symbolical things and actions did represent our Saviour's Body given and broken our Saviour's Blood shed and poured out for us in sanction of the new Covenant 5. The actual partaking of those Symbols by eating the Bread and drinking the Wine done by all present These things we find done at the first institution and exemplary practice of this holy Ceremony the which our Saviour obliged us to imitate saying Do this in remembrance of me There followeth in S. Matthew and S. Mark presently after the narration concerning these particulars 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And having sung a Hymn they went to the Mount of Olives Which action was indeed in it self proper to conclude the practice of this holy Rite yet what reference it hath thereto cannot thence be determined However with these the Church hath always joined several acts of Devotion Confessions Prayers Praises Thanksgivings Intercessions Vows suitable to the nature and design of the Sacrament apt to glorify God and edify the Faithful in the celebration thereof Such is the practice it self instituted and injoined by our Saviour the mysterious importance thereof as we find it explained in Holy Scripture the only solid and sure ground upon which we can build the explication of supernatural Mysteries consisteth chiefly in these particulars 1. It was intended for a Commemorative representation of our Saviour's Passion for us fit to mind us of it to move us to consider it to beget affections in us suitable to the memory and consideration thereof 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Do this saith our Lord for my remembrance or in commemoration of me that is so as thereby to have raised in you a reflection of mind and heart upon those grievous pains which I shall have endured for your sake to procure for you a remission of sins and reconciliation to God And So often saith S. Paul as you eat this Bread and drink this Cup 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ye tell forth or significantly express the death of our Lord till he come or during his absence from us The suffering of our Saviour the most wonderful act of Goodness and Charity that ever was performed in the World which produced effects of highest consequence to our benefit the consideration whereof is apt to work the best dispositions of piety in us should very frequently be present to our thoughts and affections and that it may be so with advantage such a solemn and sensible representation thereof is very conducible wherein we behold him crucified as it were in effigie his Body broken his Blood poured out for us it being in a sort a putting us into the circumstances of those who did behold our Saviour for us hanging upon the Cross. Our Lord being absent in Body from us sitting in Heaven at God's right hand to supply that absence that we should not be apt to forget him and thereby become wholly estranged from him is pleased to order this occasion of being present and conversing with us in such a manner as may retain in our memories his gracious performances for us may impress in our hearts a kindly sense of them may raise us up in mind and affection to him 2. The Benefits consequent upon our Saviour's Passion rightly apprehended heartily believed seriously considered by us are hereby lively represented and effectually conveyed to the sustenance and nourishment of our spiritual Life to the refreshment and comfort of our Souls It is a holy Feast a spiritual Repast a divine Entertainment to which God in kindness invites us to which if we come with well-disposed minds he there feeds us with most holy and delicious Viands with heavenly Manna with most reviving and cherishing Liquor Bread is the staff of Life the most common most necessary and most wholsome and most savory Meat Wine is the most pleasant and wholsome also the most sprightly and cordial Drink by them therefore our Lord chose to represent that Body and Blood by the Oblation of which a capacity of life and health was procured to Mankind the taking in which by right apprehension tasting it by hearty Faith digesting it by careful attention and meditation converting it into our substance by devout grateful and holy affections joined with serious and steady resolutions of living answerable thereto will certainly support and maintain our spiritual Life in a vigorous Health and happy growth of Grace refreshing our hearts with comfort and satisfaction unspeakable He that doth thus eats our Saviour's Flesh and drinks his Blood that is who as our Saviour interpreteth it doth believe in him that Belief importing all other acts of Mind and Will connected with right persuasions concerning him hath eternal life and shall live for ever as himself declares and promises which Benefits therefore in the due performance of this holy Duty are conveyed unto us 3. This Sacrament declares that Union which good Christians partaking thereof have with Christ their mystical insertion into him by a close dependence upon him for spiritual Life Mercy Grace and Salvation a constant adherence to him by Faith and Obedience a near conformity to him in Mind and Affection an inseparable conjunction with him by the strictest bands of fidelity and by the most endearing Relations Which things could not more fitly be set out than by the partaking our best and most necessary Food which being taken in soon becomes united to us assimilated and converted into our substance thereby renewing our strength and repairing the decays of our nature Wherefore He saith our Saviour that eateth my Flesh and drinketh my Blood abides in me and I in him and The Cup of Blessing saith S. Paul which we bless is it not the Communion of the Blood of Christ the Bread which we break is it not the Communion of the Body of Christ We in the outward Action partake of the Symbols representing our Saviour's Body and Blood We in the spiritual Intention communicate of his very Person being according to the manner insinuated intimately united to him 4. By this Sacrament consequently is signified and sealed that Union which is among our Saviour's true Disciples communicating therein their being together united in consent of mind and unity of Faith in mutual good will and affection in hope and tendency to the same blessed end in spiritual Brotherhood and Society especially upon account of their Communion with Christ which most closely ties them one to another they partaking of this one individual Food become translated as it were into one Body and Substance Seeing saith S. Paul we being many are one Bread one Body for all of us do partake of one Bread In the representing produceing and promoting these things we are taught the Mystery of this Sacrament doth consist It was