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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	blood_n	body_n	efficacy_n	860	5	10.4794	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00731	A Christians preparation to the worthy receiuing of the blessed sacrament of the Lords Supper	Field, Theophilus, 1574-1636.	1622 (1622)	STC 10860; ESTC S118349	22,963	94

with the other but both remaine distinct in the same Sacrament yet though they be in themselues distinct they are so inseperably conioyned together by Sacramentall and mysticall vnion that hee that doth receiue the one rightly doth also necessarily receiue the other And as by vertue of the Personall vnion of the two natures in Christ it commeth to passe that there is a Communication of properties by reason whereof that which properly belongs to one Nature is attributed to the other as God is said to bee Borne and to dye and the Son of Man is said to bee in Heauen when he was on Earth God is Iohn 3. 13. by reason hereof said to bee Man and Man to be God and that really and truly So by vertue of the Sacramentall vnion that is betwixt the hallowed Bread and the Body of Christ in the Sacrament the Bread is truly called the Body of Christ and the Body of Christ the Bread The Fruite of this Sacrament is the participation of the Body and Blood of Christ There is no one sentence of holy Scripture which saith that wee cannot by this Sacrament bee made partakers of Christ his Body and Blood except they be first materially conteined in the consecrated Elements of Bread and Wine or the Bread and Wine be substantially changed the one into the Body the other into the Blood of Christ This is my body This is my Blood are words of Promise we doe beleeue that God is faithfull and true of his word and doth performe what hee doth promise Albeit we doe not vnderstand the manner how nor dare prescribe vnto him the manner which way he shall make it his Body to vs either by Transubstantiating or Consubstantiating it or else we will not beleeue him Still remember that it is a Sacrament of Faith and Faith hath relation to a word of promise The word of promise is this is my Body This word I beleeue to be true because God spake it who cannot possibly lye This promise I know certainely that God will performe in making it his Body to mee because God is faithfull in performing his promise I confesse I doe not know which way or after what manner hee will or doth performe it because he hath not shewed me If I knew the manner how God did make it his Body then the Sacrament were to me as matter rather of Reason and Knowledge then a Mysterie of Faith and beliefe I beleeue that Christ was conceiued in the wombe of Mary a pure Virgin which neuer knew Man but if you aske me the manner how I confesse I know not and if I knew the manner how then that Article of Christes Conception were to mee rather a matter of Knowledge then an Article of Faith Moreouer seeing these wordes This is my Body are words of Promise and seeing that both Protestants and Lutherans and Papistes doe all agree that by the Sacrament Christ doth really and truely performe in vs his promise what doth it profit vs to know whether he doth it by Consubstantiation or Transubstantiation or some other way best knowne to himselfe which is a thing which can no wayes either further vs or hinder vs howsoeuer it stand Therefore I aduise you to follow the counsell of a most iudicious and excellent Deuine Master Hooker who willeth Eccl. Polit. Lib. 5. you to take that wherein all sides both Protestants and Papistes and Lutherans doe agree and consent and then consider by it selfe what cause there is why the rest in question should not rather be reiected as superfluous then vrged as necessary It is on all sides confest First that the Sacrament is a True and Reall participation of Christ who thereby imparteth not onely Totum sui but Totum se Himselfe wholly euen his whole entire person as a Mysticall head vnto euery Soule that receiueth him and that euery such Receiuer doth incorporate or vnite himselfe to Christ as a Mysticall member of him yea and as a fellow member of all true Christian Soules liuing on earth or triumphing in heauen Secondly it is also agreed on That to whom the Person of Christ is thus communicated to them he giueth by the same Sacrament his holy Spirit to sanctifie them as it sanctifieth him which is their head Thirdly it is likewise confest that what Merit Force Vertue or Efficacie there is in the Sanctified Body and Blood of Christ we doe freely fully and wholly receiue it by this Sacrament Fourthly all sides say that the effect thereof in vs is a real Transmutation of our Soules from sinne to righteousnesse from Death and corruption to Immortalitie and Life Fiftly all sides confesse that because the Sacrament I meane the Bread and Wine being of it selfe but a corruptible and Earthly Creature must needs be thought an vnlikely instrument to worke so admirable effects in Man wee therefore are to rest our selues vpon Gods Omnipotencie vpon the strength of his glorious and vnresistable power who is able and will bring to passe that the Bread and the Cuppe which he giueth vs shal be really and truly that thing which he promiseth This is agreed on all sides and tbis is as much as is necessary to be knowne and beleeued touching our receiuing of Christ in the Sacrament to the comfort of our Soules The second thing to be considered in Faith is Application Therefore euery Communicant must not onely know but apply that in particular to himselfe which hee beleeueth in generall as that Christes Body was crucified for him and his Bloud shed for him Saint Paul teacheth it by his owne example I liue saith hee Galat. 2. 20. by the faith of the Sonne of God who hath loued mee and hath giuen himselfe for me And this Application cannot bee better performed then in Eating this Bread and drinking this Cup for so often as we eate this Bread and drinke this Cup we 1. Cor. 11. 26. doe Commemorate the Lordes Death Euery Communion is as it were a new Crucifixion of Christ Christ was crucified at Hierusalem but Saint Paul tels the Galatians that hee was crucified among them Not that Gal. 3. 1. hee suffered death in Galatia but because of the Communion which is a Commemoration and Representation of the Death and Passion of Christ Therefore when I kneele at the Lords Table to the ende that I more effectually apply Christ to mine owne Soule I am to set my selfe as it were at the very foot of Christ his crosse and to consider Him hanging there enduring the vnknown wrath and curse of God and shedding his most precious blood for me and for my sinnes That I was the cause why Hee was wounded rent torne and most shamefully vsed That my sinnes murdered the glorious and innocent Sonne of God that he suffered nothing for his owne sake but all for mine that he sustained his Fathers wrath to turne that wrath away from me and to make God and mee friends that hee was content to be made a