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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10036	The doctrine of the sacrament of the Lords Supper handled. And plainely layd open out of the 1. Cor. 11. 23.24. &c. Wherein the nature of this sacrament is faithfully discussed, the matter of it, together with the necessity of often receiuing, truly declared; the words of consecration embowelled, and errours with the cauills of papists soundly confuted. By Richard Preston preacher of Gods word at Rushden in Northamptonshire.	Preston, Richard, d. ca. 1624.	1621 (1621)	STC 20283; ESTC S115177	102,646	398

of some troubles and distractions of minde yet before I leaue you quite I will giue you my comforter my Spirit as a pledge of our coniunction And in another place Our Sauior prayeth vnto his Father that all beleeuers might be one with him O Father that art in me and I in thee let these be one in vs I in theÌ„ Ioh. 17.21.23 and thou in mee that they may bee made perfect in one These testimonies proue that Christ and we are ioyned together though not in a popish manner as if by eating the bread wee did eate the carnall and reall body of Christ and so were ioyned to him yet we are so vnited to him euen as though wee were but one body with him Secondly this our vnion with Christ may bee expressed by way of comparison First Christ is called on Oliue or a Vine Rom. 11.17 Ioh. 15.5 and we are said to bee the branches the branches ingrafted into the tree are of the tree beare fruite and receiue sap from the tree and whatsoeuer is ascribed to the branches is ascribed to the tree so that if the branches bring forth the tree is said to bring forth Euen so it is with all Beleeuers ingrafted into Christ Secondly this our vnion with Christ is set forth vnder the estate of marriage For wee are mumbers of his body of his flesh Eph. 5.30 and of his bones As there is an inseparable vnion in marriage betweene a man and his wife so is there bet weene Christ and his Spouse the Church Thirdly this vnion is expressed in the Ephesians where God is said to haue giuen Christ to bee the head to the Church Eph. 1.22.23 which is his body In which place Christ is compared to a body that as the members are knit and vnited to the body so are all wee as members incorporate into the body of Christ and as the members this vnited are said to bee part of the body so we being ioyned vnto Christ are said to bee Christs This vnion might here be expressed by other comparisons as by the foundation 1 Pet. 2.4 and the building vpon it 1. Cor. 6.19 Rom. 13.14 by the garment vpon a mans backe c. Vse 1 1 This may teach vs aboue all things to labour and not to be at rest til we haue a sense and feeling of our vnioÌ„ with Christ for this is the very drift scope of this Sacrament Proue your selues 2. Cor. 13.5 know you not your owne selues how that Iesus Christ is in you except you be reprobates Till such time as we try and feel our selues to be vnited vnto Christ we can ueuer receiue nourishment by Christ but that which we receiue wil be as purgations giuen to vnprepared bodies very hurtfull and turne to corrupt humours Vse 2 2 This serues to teach vs to labour in our liues to shew forth the fruits of Christs flesh that we may shew that we are boght from men by following the Lambe whither soeuer hee goeth by hauing no guile found in our mouthes nor pollution in our bodyes but keeping our selues pure Virgins and vnspotted as being the first fruits vnto God Vse 3 3 Seeing our feeding on Christ doth draw such fruite after it let vs labour to meete Christ in those meanes himselfe hath ordained namely the Word and the Sacraments the one beeing the storehouse of his promises the other as it were a patent of confirming them vnto vs vnder the seales left vs by the King of heauen that as these infirme bodyes of ours cannot be supported without the staues of bread and drinke the one to kill hunger the other to staunch the thirst So we may perswade our selues that our soules for their cherishing and refreshing doe require the like necessity to bee fed with the flesh and blood of Christ that we may grow vp perfect men in him and be freed from the scorching heat of desperation whereinto we may easily fall through that streame and current of sinne wherewith wee are carried in the whole course of our liues and from which we cannot bee saued but through the sprinkling of that blood which was shed for vs vppon the Crosse This is my body which is broken for you After that our Sauiour had deliuered this bread vnto the Apostles and they had taken it and did cate it then he gaue theÌ„ the signification of it what it should represent here set downe This is my body c. Which words make this Supper to be a Sacrament and offer to our consideration two things First Christs promise This is my body 2. The fruite and benefit of it which is broken for you First for Christs promise This is my body Wee must vnderstand the words thus not that the bread is the body or is changed into the body of Christ after the words of consecration but that the bread is bread still and represents the body of Christ and by Gods blessing on it it hath that vertue infused into it that it doth not onely signifie his body but conuey his body and himselfe vnto vs as if Christ might say This is my body that is this bread which you receiue is a signe and token of my body Hence learne That In receiuing of bread Doct. we receiue not the body of Christ thogh together with the bread but not in the bread wee by faith receiue his body but the signe of his body for Christ faith plainly of the bread This is my body yet his meaning is nothing lesse but rather that it is a resemblance of his body speaking after the manner of the holy Ghost in sundry places of the Scripture We reade that God called Circumcision the Couenant of Grace Gen. 17.10.11 and yet it was but a signe of the Couenant of Grace Gen. 41.26.27 The seuen leane kine were called seuen deare yeares yet they were but a token of those yeares Exc. 12.11.13.27 The Lamb was called the Passeouer and yet it was but a signe of the Passouer Baptisme is called Regeneration Tit. 3.5 though it bee but the dipping of our bodies in water a signe of Regeneration so here Christ calles bread his body when indeede it is but a signe of his body These words of our Sauiour must not litterally bee vnderstood but figuratiuely a Aug. ad euodium et in Leuit. c. 17.19.67 we must aboue all things take heed that no man beleeue that the nature of God either of the Father or of the Son or of the holy Ghost may bee changed Neither let this moue any man that sometime the thing which signifieth taketh the name of that thing which it signifieth b Aug. in Psal 98. The same Authour in another place saith Ye shal not eate this body that you see Christ his speech to his disciples nor drink this blood that they shall shed who shall crucifie me But I haue deliuered you a sacrameÌ„t which being spiritually

shall not returne to former drouth for Out of their belly shall flow riuers of water Ioh. 7.38 they shall eate till they be able to say with the holy man Pro. 30.8 Lord I thanke thee thou hast fed me with food conuenient for mee They shall so feede vpon Christ as that there shall bee a store-house of foode and a fountaine of liuing water within them 3 It may be that sometimes they may finde cause to cry with the holy men of God in the sense of Gods wrath O my leannesse my leannesse I am pained at the very heart or I am like the drouth in Summer parched as the ground and scorched for want of moysture yet here is comfort in this misery that Christ is in theÌ„ their bread wine their meate and drinke that they should not perish he is a fountaine a treasury of liuing graces springing vp in their harts to refresh and reuiue them In him dwelleth the fulnesse of the Godhead bodily Colos 2.9.10 and wee are compleate in him Hee is that fountaine that shall run out of the house of the Lord Ioel 3.18 and water all the valley of Sittim Hither they may come to take their bread out of the store-house and to draw with ioy waters out of the wells of consolation Isa 12.3 Ioh. 1.16 In Christ is all fulnesse for of him wee receiue grace for grace Generally the graces of Regeneration and in particular all other graces 1 Peace with God our selues Rom. 5.1 2 Entrance and accesse vnto the Father Eph. 2.18 3. The riches of wisedome and vnderstanding Eph. 1.8 4. Consolation and comfort 2. Cor. 5. Eternall saluation Rom. 6.23 In a word in Christ wee are blessed with all spirituall blessings Eph. 1.3 For of him and through him and for him are all things Rom. 11.36 And he is made of God vnto vs Wisedome Righteousnes Sanctification and redemption 1. Cor. 1.30 All these as food necessary through Christ come vnto all beleeuing Saints in the midst of all paines and troubles of conscience for their consolation Lastly in that Christ tooke bread and then wine not leauing the one without the other but ioyning both together to make a full Supper Learne that These two Elements of bread and wine Doct. must be administred in this holy Supper For now Christ being to depart from his Disciples did celebrate his Supper on this manner deliuering both bread and wine and left himselfe in this respect a president and patterne for his Disciples and all faithfull Ministers to bee followed vnto the end of the world And hauing commanded and instituted both these it is not for any one of vs to adde to or take from them or to alter and change them The time or place may be altered for order or comelinesse but the elements themselues in no wise must be altered Vse Here then we may see a Vse grosse abuse of this holy institution among the Papists these elements of bread and wine which Christ hath ioyned together they haue put asunder denying the wine to the Laytie and common people though their Massing Priests receiue both bread and wine yet the people must not Chron. Germa and why Because the Chalice was too pure forsooth for the people to touch with their naked and bare fingers as Pope Sixtus the first iudged and secondly because a Councell holden at Constance did by a publike Law forbid the administration of the Lords Supper to the Lay people vnder both kindes when notwithstanding the commandement of Christ is farre otherwise Ob. Ob. But the Papists say that in receiuing of bread wee must consider Christ his blood as in the veines and therefore when men receiue bread signifying the body they receiue blood also contained in the veines thereof Sol. Sol. But I answer in the Lords Supper wee receiue Christ not as in a maunger or walking on the earth but we receiue Christ as nayled on the Crosse his body broken and his blood powred forth and shed abroad wee must not then receiue Christ as whole but as he is wounded and pierced and thus wee haue the blood of Christ not in the veines but powred forth and so it must be receiued Ob. Ob. but there must be a difference betweene the Clergy and the Laytie the Clergy must receiue both but not the Lay people Sol. Sol. This is false for in respect of Christ the couenant all haue equall title and right to him which maketh the Apostle Paule say There is neither Iew nor Grecian Gal. 3.28 bond nor free male nor female but all are one in Christ Iesus and therefore consequently all both Minister and people haue an equall right to bread and wine the signes whereby Christ his body and blood are represented Q. Quest How differeth this bread and wine from our bread and wine which wee vse at our ordinary Tables Sol. Sol. Surely the difference stands not in the substaÌ„ce quantity or quality but onely in the vse and signification in that these by vertue of Gods institution doe besides their naturall vse signifie the body and blood of Christ and are instruments for the conueyance of him vnto our soules Thus much of the elements of Bread and Wine the matter whereon Christs Supper was instituted He tooke bread c. The manner of the institution followeth wherein we noted the action of Christ and secondly his words The actions are 1. Taking 2. Blessing 3. Breaking and powring c. 4. Giuing The first action expressed is taking He tooke bread into his hands Doct. from whence we take notice of the vnspeakable loue of God towards Mankinde in prouiding a Mediator and Redeemer for man being in extreame misery For by this action of taking Bread and wine is signied that action of God the Father whereby hee set apart his Sonne from all eternity to bee a mercifull Mediator betwixt God and man And for this cause it is said that God the Father hath sealed him Ioh. 6.27 that is made him fit authenticall al-sufficient for this office As money first is sealed and stamped then goeth for paiment so Christ was sealed stamped and appointed for this end This is that inestimable gift of God mentioned by S. Iohn Hee gaue his onely begotten Sonne Ioh. 3.16 that is he tooke him and then gaue him for a Mediator that whosoeuer beleeueth in him should not perish but haue euerlasting life Thus then we see that God coÌ„mendeth his loue to vs Rom. 5.7.8 in giuing his Christ to dye for vs. The ground of this vnspeakable loue is in God himselfe Reason he saw nothing in vs that could be the moouing cause of this so boundlesse bottomlesse loue but the cause was in himselfe and may bee his owne pleasure and good will Deut. 7.7.8 The Lord saith Moses did not set his loue vpon vs or chuse vs because wee were more in number

seruice of himselfe Helps and meanes of obedience And that we may walke in the way of obedience let vs vse these helpes 1 Make conscience of the least duty as knowing that omission of duties shall receiue sentence against them Mat. 25.42 as well as commission of euill 2 Looke what thou art called vnto and in thy calling what is most needfull and that doe wisely preferring the generall calling before the speciall and heauenly things before earthly Mat. 6.33 3 Keepe thy selfe in readinesse to euery good work knowing that thou hast alwaies one iron in the fire a soule to saue an Election to make sute 2. Pet. 1.10 which requireth all diligence 4 Suffer thy selfe to be guided by the rule and square of Gods Word it is a Lanterne a light to guide thee and the word of grace that will teach thee to deny all vngodlinesse and worldly lusts Tit. 2.11.12 and to liue soberly righteously and godly in this present world 5 Hee that would doe all that God commands must not only take occasions offered but euen seeke them and watch theÌ„ as beeing glad to obtaine them 6 Let not the Lord finde a time wherein hee may say to thee as hee did once to some standing in the streets Why stand you here gazing all day but say to thy soule as Dauid did to his Sonne Salomon Vp and be doing There is no time wherein God and thy neighbour and thy selfe the Church or CoÌ„monwealth or thy family or the Saints abroad broad call not for some duty from thee Oh lay vp these rules and they will be excellent helps to set thee forward in the way of obedience Notes of obedience Quest But how may I know that I am obedient vnto Gods Commandements Quest Sol. 1. Sol. God loues truth in the inward parts and refuseth all that obedience which followes not sanctification of the spirit Examine now thy inward parts and see whether there bee such a change in thee as thou canst ioin the subiection of thy soule with the obedience of thy body 2 Examine thy selfe whether the loue of God constraines thee or the prouocations of men compells thee to obedience a free horse needs not the wand nor one willing to obey needes no coactions nor faire encreatings 3 Examine thy manner of obedience whether it be a cheerful and a willing obedience that repineth not as giuing God too much that deuiseth no excuses as Saul when he did but halfe the Commandement 1. Sam. 15. that seeketh no delayes I made haste Psal 119. delayed not to keepe thy righteous iudgements 4 Doest thou make conscience of the least Commandement as well as the greatest and of all the Commandements as well as one obeying the Commandement of faith in the Gospell as well as the Commandement of the actuall and morall law obeying the Commandement as well of doing good as of abstaining from euill And lastly doth thy obedience hold out and neuer shrink away then surely thy obedience is sound and thou art a true and faithful Disciple doing whatsoeuer thy Lord and master hath commanded Ioh. 15. Thus much in generall of this Commandement of Christ in these words This doe c. That which Christ in particular commanded was the celebration of this Supper This do as you haue seene mee doing before you Celebrate this my Supper according to my institution Obserue Doct. the celebration of this Sacrament is imitatorie the Minister and receiuer haue nothing therein difficult or miraculous for then Christ would not haue imposed it vppon them for imitation workes of wonder are impossible to simple men they must bee left vnto diuine powers That which our Sauiour commanded heere is such a thing as both may and ought to be done Hee did not bid his Disciples turne the bread into his body or the wine into his blood that is a matter that went beyond their skill and had beene a strange miracle indeed but as hee tooke the bread and wine gaue thankes for them brake the bread and powred the wine distributed them amongst his Disciples and commanded that they should eate and drink of them so would he haue both Minister and people to doe in imitation of him This may serue to reproue the Papists Vse that add so many gawds to this Sacrament which Christ neuer instituted that Lay people cannot see Christ through them This institution left to our imitation is made an oblation and a sacrifice by them Christ said Doe this but not offer this for hee offered not his body nor his blood at this Supper yet they make this Sacrament an Offering an Expiatory Propitiatory and a satisfactory Sacrifice for the sinnes both of the quicke and dead which doth much weaken the vertue of Christs death and crosse the word of Gods Spirit teaching vs by his Apostle that with one offering Christ hath consecrated for euer them that are sanctified Heb. 10.14 so as this Sacrament cannot be a Sacrifice The offering of his body was but once made to take away the sinnes of many Ver. 10. Heb. 9.28 neither did Christ leaue it to vs that wee should vnderstand it as a Sacrifice knowing that then wee could neuer imitate him Besides they make the Sacrament a veile to hide Christ by their trashy additions Christ said Doe this that is eate drinke c. But they goe further they must put on their masking apparell Albes girdles copes tunicles deacon subdeacon they must haue their ceremonies as censers balles candles candlesticks paxes pixes corporasses corporasse clothes superaltaries Altars Altar cloathes chalices cruets napkins they must vse strange gestures turnings returnings gaspings gapings kneelings crowchings crossings knocking 's winckings starings kissings lickings noddings nosings washings weepings with confessions prostrations commemorations consecrations coniurations pausations and a thousand other abominations All which are strange things and nothing concerne vs in the celebration of Christs Supper 2 Here also may be reprooued all too curious Ministers that runne more vpon circumstance then substance putting as much vertue in the outward robes and vestiments as in the matter of this Sacrament But Christ bids vs not put on this apparell or that piece of linnen all that he gaue in charge was they should administer this Supper as he did to his Disciples 3 Here may bee reprooued many receiuers who make many a quaere at the behauiour of the Minister not regarding the efficacy of this Supper to bee of God Ob. Some say Ob. how may I communicate with a wicked Minister or with what comfort Sol. The wickednesse of the Minister may somewhat lessen the comfort Sol. but neither diminish the perfection of the Sacrament it selfe nor hinder the efficacy thereof to vs seeing the efficacy depends onely on the promise of God and the faith of the receiuer Ob. But how can he be a means of conueying grace to me Ob. that is a gracelesse man Sol. Grace is compared

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