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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	abraham_n	see_v	seed_n	1,440	5	7.9248	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27449	Rome tyrannical, idolatrous and heretical the origine of her errors with an answer to her objections : also three short sermons of repentance against swearing and drunkenness preached to the ships company before Admiral Aylmer and several captains / by Peter Berault.	Berault, Peter.	1698 (1698)	Wing B1956; ESTC R30222	55,952	193

again as the Relative which would not hinder this Proposition from being Metaphorical likewise these words which was broken for you hinder not the other Proposition from being Improper and Metaphorical Mark that his Body was not broken before he Suffered upon Golgotha How did he say then which is broken before it was broken There is no sense of it but this The Bread was broken and signified that his Body should be broken Now as the breaking of the Bread did signifie the breaking of his Body so the Bread must signifie his Body And as his Body was not broken indeed when the Bread was broken so the Bread could not be his Body indeed for then his Body should have been broken when the Bread was broken If because Christ saith This is my Body this is my Blood they will have these words to be expounded litterally why then do they not expound the other words of Christ litterally also concerning the Cup For the Text saith that he took the Cup and said This is my Blood I am sure that those of the Church of Rome will not say that the Cup was the Blood of Christ as the words declare it to be but that there is a Figure in these words namely Continens pro Contento that by the Cup is meant the Wine in it If then they will admit a Figure in this Proposition why there may not be a Figure in the other namely Signatum pro Signo that these words This is my Body should be understood thus the Bread is a sign of my Body I may prove as well that Christ is a Door because he saith I am the Door and that he is a Vine because he saith I am a Vine for his sayings are alike But Figurative Speeches must not be construed litterally Now that they may see that not we only say 't is Bread and Wine after Consecration Jesus Christ himself doth call them so I will drink no more saith he of the fruit of the Vine Jesus Christ assures that it was the fruit of the Vine which he drank therefore Wine and not Blood was his drink therefore after Consecration Wine was still Wine And St. Paul 1 Cor. c. 11. does confirm it when he plainly saith that the Communicant doth eat Bread Therefore the Bread remains Bread after the words of Consecration For if it were transubstantiated into the Body of Christ then were there no Bread to eat the Body of Christ should be the thing that should be eaten and consequently should not be called Bread What I say may be seen by these words of Jesus Christ wherein he assures us That he was the bread of life which came down from Heauen which if any man eat he shall live for ever John 6. 50. His Disciples hearing these words murmured until he had expounded them And how did he expound them thus He that comes unto me has eaten and he that believes in me has drunk Afterwards when He Instituted this Sacrament in like words they murmured not which they would as before if he had not resolved them before that to eat his Body and to drink his Blood was nothing but to come to him and believe in him For as it is plainly said This is my Body so it is plainly said These words are Spirit that is they must be understood spiritually and not litterally so saith St. Austin Believe and thou hast eaten It was Christ's manner to speak by Similitudes Figures and Parables shewing one thing by another For example Christ calls the Lamb the Passover in place whereof this Sacrament succeeded And yet the Passover was this An Angel passed over the house of the Israelites and struck the Aegyptians Exodus 12. 27. This was not a Lamb and yet because a Lamb was a sign of this Passover as the Bread and Wine are of Christ's Body and Blood because of that Christ called the Lamb the Passover as he called the Bread and Wine his Body and Blood This may be seen again in Circumcision Baptism and the Cup. Circumcision is called the Covenant and yet Circumcision was nothing but the cutting away of a Skin and the Covenant is this In Abraham's seed all nations shall be blessed I will be their God and they shall be my People I will defend and save them and they shall serve and worship me This is not Circumcision and yet as though the Circumcision were the Covenant it self it is called the Covenant Likewise Baptism is called Regeneration and yet Baptism is a dipping our Bodies in Water and Regeneration is the renewing of our mind to the Image of God wherein it was Created This is not Baptism and yet as though Baptism were Regeneration it self it is so called because it signifies Regeneration And the Cup is called the New Testament and yet the Cup is but a piece of Metal filled with Wine And the New Testament is He that believes in the Son of God shall be saved This is not a Cup and yet as though the Cup were the New Testament it self it is called the New Testament So the Bread and Wine are called Christ's Body and Blood because they signifie Christ's Body and Blood This Doctrine of ours may be confirmed because every Sacrament was called by the thing which it signified and yet never any Sacrament was taken for the thing it self What reason have they then to take this Sacrament for the thing it self more than all the rest It is the consent of all Divines that a Sacrament is a Sign therefore it is no more the thing signified than the Bush at the Door is the Wine in the Cellar But what then will the Papists say is there nothing in this Sacrament but Bread and Wine We do not say that this Sacrament is nothing but a bare Sign or that we receive no more than what we see For Christ saith that it is his Body and St. Paul assures that it is the Communion of Christ Body and Blood Therefore there is more in this Sacramental Bread than in the common Bread we Eat in our Houses for though the nature of Bread be not changed yet the use is changed It doth not only serve the Body as it did before but also it serves for the nourishing of our Souls for as sure as we receive Bread so sure we receive Christ And you may see this by this Similitude You have an Obligation in your hand and I ask you what have you there and you answer I have here an hundred thousand Crowns How say I I see nothing but Paper Ink and Wax Oh but by this say you I shall recover a hundred thousand Crowns and that is as good So when ye receive these Signs in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ye receive the Vertue of Christ's Body and Blood by Faith and it is all one as if ye should eat his Body and drink his Blood indeed Secondly I say that it is contrary to Senses that the Bread Consecrated by Popish Priests be really