Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	blood_n	drink_v	flesh_n	36,140	5	8.2247	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19504	A preparatiue for the new Passeouer very profitable to be perused and read of all those who are called to the holy table of our Lord / by Maister William Cowper ...	Cowper, William, 1568-1619.	1607 (1607)	STC 5933.3; ESTC S2563	54,238	126

And yet let no man thinke that albeit the breaking and giuing of the bread be the cōmunication of Christs bodie that therfore the bread is transubstantiate into his body or that euery one receiues the bodye of Christ who receiues the bread for there is greate difference between communication acceptation on the part of God In this sacrament there is indeed a communication exhibitiō of christ but on y e part of the vnbeleuing receiuer it failes for fault of acceptatiō because they haue no faith whereby to receiue him nor a purified heart wherin to lodge him It is therfore a vile error also of the Papists who affirme that the wicked in this Sacrament eate Christ but to their damnation It is contrarie to the word of God reformed antiquitie for whosoeuer saith christ eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternall life and I wil raise him vp at the last day Sacrame●num quibusdam ad vitam quibusdam ad exitium ●es vero ipsa cuius est sacramentum omni homini ad vitam nulli ad exitium Item Qui non manet in Christo et in quo non manet Christus proculdub●o non manducat spiri●ualiter carnem nec bibit sanguinem eius licet visibiliter premat dentibus sacramentum sanguinis et corporis e●us The wicked who beleeues not may with Iudas eate Panem Dommini non panem Dominum The breade of the Lorde but not the bread which the Lorde himselfe is to his worthy receauers Of all this then it is euident that this banquet is moste heauenlye and excellent wherein as there is no lesse offered then CHRIST IESVS so no lesse is refused by them who refuse to communicate they proclaime by their deede if they continue in it that they haue No Portion in Dauid neither inheritance in the sonne of Ishai But no● wee leaue them and returne to speake as wee promised of that tryall w●ich they whominde to communicate are to take it of themselues Let a man therefore try himselfe This Particle therefore is relatiue to that which went before since there is a daunger will hee say and many ea●es and drinkes vnworthily therefore take yee heede how yee come hee saith not simplie let a man eat but let a man trye himselfe and so let him eat This warning then of the Apostle stands in the ent●ie to t●is holy action like that Cherubin armed a with sword in the entry of Paradice yet not to hold out the Sonnes of Adam but only to terrifie vs that wee presume not to draw nere without sanctification And herein doth our Lord Iesus discouer his wonderfull loue towards vs who before he inuite vs to eate and drinke at his table dooth first of all instruct vs how we shold doe it Absalom c●lled his younger Brother Ammon to a banquet onely of purpose to slay him he prepared delicate meate and drinke aboundantly for him but concealed the danger It is not so with our elder Bro●●er he calles vs here to a banquet not of purpose to slay vs but to saue vs he is no way willing we should make this Table a snare to trappe our selues to damanation which he hath ordeined as a meane of our Saluation and therefore before hand forewarnes vs of the danger that we may eschew it It is pittie to see how the great multitude runne to this holy Sacramēt without tryall and examination of themselues and all because they heare of a breade of life which heere is exhibited to the Communicants at this holye Table it is verie true that great thinges are exhibited heere indeede but thou shouldest first of all enquire of thy selfe who art thou what interest thou hast in this Communion and whether or no thou be one of those to whom these holy thinges do appertaine for if thou in thy person be a profane and vnsanctified creature thy touching of these holye thinges may defile them and make thee giltie of the contempt of them but shall not benefit thee yea a greater cursse then that which Elisha pronounced on the vnb●leeuing Samaritane Prince shall light vppon thee thou shalt see the Table of the Lord heare of the plentie of the breade of life therein communicate but shalt not eate of it let a man therefore trie himselfe and so let him eate of this bread and drinke of this cup. For as this Sacrament is a holy and excellent thing so should they who celebrate it bee holye and seperate persons It should not bee receiued with common handes that is with e●rthlye hearts and vnsanctified affections The Pharises would not eate their common meate with vnwashed handes and that was but superstition but heere to wash before we● eate both our handes and our head with Peter yea to wash as Ieremy exhorts vs Our hearts from our wickednesse is deuotion and good Religion both commended and commaunded by the word of God Otherwise fearefull is that warning of our Sauiour If I wash thee not thou shalt haue no part with me To the vncleane all thinges are vncleane for euen their consciences are defiled The Lorde hath neuer suffered vnpunished the vnreuerent looking to or handling of the holy signes of his presence Them of Bethshemeshe looked vnreuerently into the Ark and the Lord slewe fifty thousand of them Vzza touched vnreuerently the Arke and the Lord in like manner strook him instantly to death Ahim●l●ch would not giue to Dauid the hallowed bread of proposition but conditionallye that the young men who were with him were sanctifyed No vncircumcised man might eat of the pascall Lambe vnder paine of death and such as were circumcised being vncleane behooued to absteine till they were clensed according to the lawe yea such of them as were cleane did not eate without foure daies preparation for the Lord commaunded them to take the Lambe the tenth day and not to slay it til the foureteenth day at night that all the space betweene they might the better prepare themselues to that holy action Neither will the Lord anye other way be familiar with vs except we be sanctified Before the Lord came downe on Mount Sinai to giue his law to Israel hee appointed them three dayes of preparation wherein ●o sanctifie thēselues The Lord appeared to Moses in the fierie bush but reuealed not his will vnto him til he put off his shooes I wil be sanctified saith the Lord in all that draw nere vnto me The Lord will not take a wicked man by the hand nor haue fellowship with the Throne of iniquitie his eye is so pure that hee can behold no iniquitie vnlesse wee put off our worldly thoughts and sinfull affections whereby we haue troad in the vncleane wayes of sin it is not possible that the Lorde can be familiar with vs. All these stand vp as examples warning vs to drawe neere to this holy action in assurance of faith