Selected quad for the lemma: sense_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	body_n	bread_n	transubstantiation_n	1,791	5	11.1891	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12509	Christs Last Supper or the doctrine of the Sacrament of Christs Supper, set forth in fiue sermons Wherein is taught the great necessitie of a godly preparation, before men come to the Sacrament. Wherein it doth consist: with the condemnation threatned against the vnvvorthy receiuer of the same. By Samuel Smith, minister of Gods word at Prittlewell, in Essex.; Christs Last Supper.	Smith, Samuel, 1588-1665.	1620 (1620)	STC 22837; ESTC S106152	104,748	388

seruing but to preserue a temporall life and that but for a time the other tending to the preseruation of a spirituall life and that for euer And heerein indeed do these signes make wonderfully for Gods glory in that hee shoulde make choyce of such weake meanes that so his glory might appeare If we had bin to receiue● any other signes or things of a● higher nature we should haue been ready to haue pored so vpon the shadow as that we should haue lost the substance and ou● senses woulde haue beene more wrought vpon then our heartes which the Lord in his wisedome hath preuented in giuing vs these signes of Bread and Wine Of this Bread Of this Cup. Doct. 8 Last of all obserue heere that if Christ took gaue Bread and Wine retain still their natures and deliuered Bread and Wine then they must needes retaine their former natures and their former proper substance and still remaine the same elementes euen after the words of consecration Against the doctrine of the Church of Rome which holde that after the words of consecration there remaineth no Bread at all but that it is transubstantiated into the very body bloud of Christ a meer fable and fantasie against all diuinity philosophy reason sense and experience Reasons against transubstantiation First it doth ouerthrow the very nature of a Sacrament which consisteth of two partes an outward signe an invisible grace Now then if after the wordes of consecration the Bread Wine were transubstantiated into the very body and bloud of Christ then the signe must needes bee taken away and the element ouerthrowne Secondly the Lord leads vs to the spirituall vse of this Sacrament by sense thus that as the substance of the bread and wine receiued strengtheneth and comforteth the body euen so Christ receiued by faith Ioh. 6.33 doeth nourish and strengthen the soule Now then to take away the naturall vse of this sacrament wherin can our faith be cōfirmed strengthened which euer relies vpon this in the vse of this Sacrament that as the bread and wine serueth to nourish and feede our bodies so doth Christ Iesus and the merits of his death passion feede our soules so that while they take away the substance of bread and wine in this Sacrament the very nature and spirituall vse of the Sacrament is taken away with it Thirdly wee now that liue ●nder the Gospell receiue the same in substance which our ●ore-fathers did vnder the Lawe But the Manna they eate off and ●he Spirituall Rock they dranke ●f 1. Cor. 10.1 was not Christs body and ●loud corporally because hee ●as not then come in the flesh ●either had he taken our nature ●pon him Therefore it was by ●ith that they fed on Christ vn●er the law Neither is there any other feeding on Christ vnder the Gospell Fourthly if the bread wine should so miraculously be turned into the very body and bloud o● Christ how could it bee that i● should not appeare vnto the outward senses for our senses still apprehend the same to bee Bread and Wine The eye seeth it the taste deserneth it to bee Bread and not flesh to bee Win● and not bloud And therefor● that doctrine of transubstantiation is most false and absurd I might hereunto adde diue● reasons of this nature As namely if that should be granted the● mayntaine what absurditie● would follow it As Hypocrite● shoulde then eate the flesh o● Christ and so be saued inasmuc● as Christ hath said Hee that eateth my flesh and drinketh my bloud Ioh. 6.15.54 hath eternall life Besides what canibals would they make of christians to feede vpon mans flesh which nature it selfe doth abhorre And to make a naturall body ●n diuers places at one time which cannot be Vse And last of all as this doctrine serueth to confute our aduersaries the Papists that hold there ●s no bread at all in the Lord Supper So it maketh no lesse against such as conceiue there is nothing ●ut bread to bee expected there ●nd this is the condition of many thousands that come ●hereunto They are not able to ●o discerne of the Lords body ●oore Soules they want the eye ●f faith and this must be spiritually discerned Whereas the true beleeuer beholds the Lord truly although not corporally to offer vnto him Iesus Christ with al the precious merits of his death and obedience vnto his endelesse comfort though naturall men neither see nor feele it inasmuch as they being not able to discerne of the Lords body come vnto this Supper as to their appoynted and ordinary foode And thus much for the Apostles precept or commandement Let a man therefore exam c. Let vs pray The Fourth Sermon 1. Cor. 11.29 For hee that eateth and drinketh ●nworthily eateth and drinketh his ●wne damnation because he discer●eth not the Lords body IN the former verse wee haue heard the Apostles precept that euery one ought ● Examine himselfe before hee ●ome to the Lords Table and partake of these holy Mysteries Wee haue heard the necessitie of that duty The subiect of it a mans selfe And the duty it selfe examination And wherein the same doth consist Wee are now to speake of the second generall part of the text and that is the reason the holy Ghost doth heere lay downe to inforce the dutie and the Reason is taken from the great hurt and daunger which for want of this Examination is like to ensue layd downe in these words For hee that eateth and drinketh vnworthily eateth and drinketh his owne Damnation That is by eateing and drinking these holy mysteries vnworthily that is vnprepared and vnreuerently they doe thereby prouoke the Lord to plague and ●unish them with some iudge●ent or other in this life to ●●ring them to the sight of their ●innes and to repentance for the ●ame if not then with condem●ation in the life to come ●nd in handling of ●is reason we will ●bserue this order 〈◊〉 speake 1. Of the persons 2. Of the punishment 3. Of the cause of their punishment Of vnworthy receiuers Two sorts of vnworthy receiuers there ●e two sorts one pertaining to ●ods couenant the other not ●e one the godly who thorow ●egligence and carelesnesse may ●●me to to this Sacrament vn●ted and vnprepared without ●at reuerence and due respect ●ey ought to shewe vnto such ●cellent mysteries The other ●icked and profane that want ●ith and so come in their sins ignorance blindenesse malice c. vnto whome this ordinance of God is a sauour of death vnto death And Two sorts of punishment And as the persons do differ so doe their punishments the godly if they come vnprepared vnto this ordinance withou● that godly examination and preparation they ought to mak● thereunto the Lord wil not pass● by that sinne of theirs but he will bee sure to chastise them so the same they eate and drinke iudgement vnto themselues bu● what iudgement 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●fflictioni●