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A short and plaine tractate of the Lords Supper grounded upon I Cor. II, 23, &c. / by VVilliam More ...
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More, William, 17th cent.
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adventure to the Lords Table 1 Cor. 5.8 otherwise I shall come unworthily to mine own damnation 1 Cor. 11.29 Q. What forme was that bread of A. S. Scripture is silent of that Q. What learnest thou hence A. The vanity of Papists Prelats and Lutherans who use thin wafers printed with a crucifix V. 24 And when he had given thanks c. Q. What is meant by those words A. Christ would not breake that bread untill He first thankt his heavenly Father for it Luk. 22.19 and blessed it Mat. 26.26 Q. What learnest thou hence A. 1. As Christ was both ready and willing to lay downe His life for me Joh. 10.18 and thankt His Father who made Him redemption unto me 1 Cor. 1.30 So should I be ready willing and thanke the Lord if he will count me worthy to suffer shame which is worse then death for His sake Act. 5.41 2. In every thing especially for giving Christ to sive me Act. 4.12 to give thanks 1 Thes 5.10 He brake it Q. What is meant by breaking of that bread A. It s breaking was partly necessary that one bread might be divided amongst many partly mysterious to signifie that Christ was broken for all the elect Esay 53.4.5 Ioh. 19. the whole Chapter Q. Did Christ suffer in his soule A. Yes as is evident Mat. 27.46 Luk. 22.44 Q. Did Christ suffer in his Godhead A. As Christ is God He is All sufficient Gen. 17.1 His Godhead therefore could not suffer Q. Seeing that Christ was made like unto us in all things sin excepted Heb. 2.17 compared with Heb. 4.15 How could He satisfie Gods infinitly wronged justice if His Godhead did not suffer A. The excellency of the party who suffered even Iesus Christ God-man in one person the great Mediator betwixt God and the elect being infinite gave infinite satisfaction to his Fathers infinite justice For although His Godhead neither did nor could suffer Yet Jesus was crucified Act. 1.36 The Prince of life was killed Act. 3.15 Christ dyed for us Rom. 14.9 The Lord of glory was crucified 1 Cor. 2.8 The Father spared not His owne Son but delivered Him up for us all Rom. 8.32 And the Son of God gave himselfe for us Gal. 2.20 Such an infinite person therefore suffering Gods infinite justice is satisfied to the full as the father Himselfe acknowledgeth Matth. 17.5 Q. What doth this teach thee A. 1. If I receive this Supper faithfully I get the great Mediator who was broken for me and so I cannot be damned Rom. 8.1 Ioh. 6.54 Yea I am made one of the sons of God Ioh. 1.12 2. Seeing that Christ was broken for my sins I must break off my sins by repentance before I dare communicate because God is of purer eyes then to behold evill and cannot looke on iniquity Hab. 1.13 And said Take Q. To whom said Christ this A. Unto all who were present even to His twelve Apostles for none other might be present at the Passeover with him Exod. 12.3 Q. No woman was there must they now bee excluded A. God forbid women are elected 2 Ioh. v. 1. ult Q. Did Judas communicate at the Supper A. He ate of the Pascall lamb which was the type of Christ and was Christ in signification The difference is in this under the Law they received Christ to come under the Gospell we receive Christ come already Q. How did they take it A. With their hands otherwise it could not have been a perfect communion which in this Supper was first between Christ the head and the faithfull His members And secondly between the faithfull communicants amongst themselves Q. What table gesture did they use at this Supper A. Christ and they all did sit Mat. 26.20 Mark 14.18 Luk. 22.14 Ioh. 13.4.12 Q. Some say they leaned and sat not A. If so one hand had been uselesse And if so yet it was the table gesture of that Countrey Q. May not we kneel now when we communicate A. No otherwise we violate the Institution and break Christs command Doe this c. Q. What hurt can we have by kneeling A. 1. This Supper is a banquet of love our Lord calls the faithfull His friends not servants Ioh. 15.15 servants invited kneele not at their Masters tables much lesse friends 2. Kneelers in receiving defraud themsolves of their grace here and of their glory hereafter which are promised in the word sitting Mat. 8.11 19.28 Luke 13.29 22.30 Ephes 2.6 Rev. 3.21 Q. The more humbly we receive is it not so much the better for us A. 1. Will-worship in our worshipping of God is alwayes rejected of God Esay 1.12 Col. 2. ult 2. Kneelers in the act of receiving violate the Institution for Christ and his Apostles did sit as is manifest Mat. 26.20 Mark 14.18 Luk. 22.14 Ioh. 13.4.12 3. Kneelers transgresse Christs command He commands us thus Doe this in remembrance of me Now this command must bee extended unto every particular of the Institution otherwise we have no rule whereby we can convince Heretiques Papists Prelats Lutherans in matters concerning this Sacrament Q. What doth all this teach thee A. 1. The foolishnesse of Priests in the Romish and Lutheran Churches who put the bread into the receivers mouthes by which their mutuall communion is frustrated 2. I see and sorrow at the blindnesse of those will-worshipping kneelers Rev. ult 18. Take Q. What are we to take here A. Heavens excellencie the earths only good even the Lord Jesus Christ himselfe and all his heavenly graces which are all here not only freely offered but also fully given to all worthy receivers for as truly and really as I get that bread and that wine to be one flesh with me so likewise as really and as truly I get Christs body by faith as his owne words prove This is my body to bee one spirit with mee 1 Cor. 6 17. Q. But Christs humane body is in heaven How then can I get him A. By faith for Christ dwelleth in our hearts by faith Ephes 3.17 Q. But my bodily eyes see nothing in that Supper but bread and wine only How then can I get Christ A. Thou seest these thou hearest Christs words affirming of that bread This is my body and of that wine This is my bloud which of those two beleevest thou Christ or thy senses beleeve on the Lord Iesus Christ and thou getst him Ioh. 6.47 compared with v. 54. Q. Can I be infallibly sure that if I have saving faith to beleeve Christs words This is my body This is my bloud that I shall get Christ himselfe in this Supper A. Thou may and must be infallibly sure of it for Jesus is the truth Joh. 14.6 He cannot lie Tit. 1.2 He cannot deny himselfe 2 Tim. 2.13 Heaven and earth shall passe away but His words shall not passe away Mat. 24.35 Mark 13.31 Luk. 21.33 Q. But I finde in my selfe a body of death of corruption of doubtings how then dare I either take that bread