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shall_v not_o i_o drink_v the_o cup_n of_o blessing_n 16._o do_v he_o eat_v the_o bread_n of_o affliction_n and_o shall_v not_o i_o eat_v the_o bread_n of_o life_n do_v he_o suffer_v his_o passion_n and_o shall_v not_o i_o enjoy_v it_o do_v he_o stretch_v out_o his_o hand_n on_o the_o cross_n and_o shall_v i_o be_v wither_v and_o shrunken_a towards_o his_o table_n certain_o it_o be_v a_o presumption_n that_o he_o be_v not_o only_o sick_a but_o desperate_a who_o refuse_v that_o nourishment_n which_o be_v both_o food_n to_o strengthen_v and_o physic_n to_o recover_v he_o second_o the_o benefit_n of_o christ_n be_v so_o obvious_a as_o the_o commons_o and_o so_o sufficient_a as_o the_o property_n of_o these_o element_n declare_v we_o see_v how_o little_o we_o shall_v be_v dismay_v at_o any_o either_o inward_a weakness_n and_o bruise_n of_o mind_n or_o outward_a danger_n and_o assault_n of_o enemy_n have_v so_o powerful_a a_o remedy_n so_o near_o unto_o we_o how_o little_a we_o ought_v to_o 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church_n 27._o be_v the_o body_n of_o christ_n too_o be_v it_o not_o because_o as_o the_o bread_n be_v one_o loaf_n out_o of_o diverse_a corn_n so_o the_o church_n be_v one_o body_n out_o of_o diverse_a believer_n that_o the_o representative_a this_o the_o mystical_a body_n of_o the_o same_o christ._n even_o as_o the_o word_n 19_o and_o the_o spirit_n 9_o and_o the_o faithful_a 2â—â—_n be_v in_o the_o scripture_n all_o call_v by_o the_o same_o name_n of_o seed_n pelâ—t_n because_o of_o that_o assimulate_a virtue_n whereby_o the_o one_o receive_v do_v transform_v the_o other_o into_o the_o similitude_n and_o nature_n of_o itself_o eccles._n if_o the_o beam_n of_o the_o sun_n though_o divide_v and_o distinct_a from_o one_o another_o have_v yet_o a_o unity_n in_o the_o same_o nature_n of_o light_n 16._o because_o all_o partake_v of_o one_o native_a and_o original_a splendour_n if_o the_o limb_n of_o a_o tree_n though_o all_o several_a and_o spread_v different_a way_n yet_o have_v a_o 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proportion_n between_o the_o holy_a action_n use_v by_o christ_n in_o this_o sacrament_n and_o christ_n himself_o who_o be_v the_o substance_n of_o it_o it_o follow_v now_o that_o we_o inquire_v far_o into_o the_o nature_n of_o this_o holy_a sacrament_n which_o will_v be_v explain_v by_o consider_v the_o analogy_n fitness_n and_o similitude_n between_o the_o sign_n and_o the_o thing_n signify_v by_o they_o and_o confer_v or_o exhibit_v together_o with_o they_o which_o be_v christ_n the_o lord_n now_o this_o analogy_n or_o fitness_n as_o it_o have_v be_v in_o some_o general_a manner_n express_v in_o the_o nature_n or_o quality_n of_o the_o element_n substantial_o or_o physical_o take_v so_o more_o express_o and_o punctual_o be_v it_o propose_v unto_o we_o in_o those_o holy_a 23._o action_n which_o do_v alter_v in_o the_o use_n and_o make_v it_o a_o sacrament_n and_o first_o we_o find_v that_o christ_n take_v the_o bread_n and_o wine_n and_o bless_v it_o and_o give_v thanks_o and_o so_o 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