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A16604	A preparation to the receiving of the Sacrament, of Christs Body and Bloud Directing weake Christians how they may worthily receiue the same. By W. Bradshavv. With a profitable treatise of the same argument, written by another.; Direction for the weaker sort of Christians	Bradshaw, William, 1571-1618.; Hildersam, Arthur, 1563-1632. aut	1617 (1617)	STC 3511; ESTC S116327	84,852	387

Those therfore who are the redeemed of Christ must be knit and vnited to Christ and one with him as the bread that nourisheth and the wine that refresheth the body is turned into our flesh and made one with it This Sacrament then which sealeth so great a mystery as this is cannot be profaned without great indignity to the mystery it selfe 5 In that Christ saith that that which they take and eat it is his Body and that which they drinke it is his bloud he teacheth vs. That this Sacrament doth not onely as in a Table picture represent what Christ hath suffered for sinners but which is a thousand times more it is by the dinance of Christ to the worthy Receiuer a blessed instrument by meanes whereof Christ Iesus and his merits are applied and made effectuall to their soules So that such is the vnion of the thing signified and the signe that in and throgh the eating of this bread and drinking this wine the soule of the worthy Receiuer doth spiritually and by faith eat the Body and drinke the bloud of Iesus Christ and alwaies findeth such strength comfort and life therein as the body findes ordinarily in the eating of bread and drinking of wine So that this bread and this wine are not onely naked signes of Christ Body and bloud as the garland and Iuybush are of wine which onely shew that there is wine there to bee bought but doe not exhibite it But the Body of Christ is in such a manner in this sacramentall bread and the bloud in this wine that in the eating of the one the worthy Receiuer eats the other in drinking the one drinkes the other Can there then a greater mystery be deuised by man in and about which hee ought to bee reuerently conuersant religiously and holily affected And is it not a brutish sinne to behaue our selues vnworthily in such an action Let vs not heere passe by but once againe enter into consideration of that execrable Religion of the Church of Rome which keepeth such a Cup filled with such wine without any colour in the world from the people They say that the bloud of Christ is in the body of Christ and therefore the people in receiuing the one receiue therein the other But this is an Antichristian foppery how can those be together that Christ hath so directly put asunder the one in a loafe the other in a Cup How can the bloud be in a body broken and pierced How can that bloud be in the body which is shed out of the body What bloud of Christ can comfort a Christian soule but that which was shed or what bloud is offered in this Sacrament but that which was shed and though it were in the body as it is receiued in this Sacrament yet it being Christs wil his bloud should not only be eaten but drunken what a sacriligious lewdnes is this where Christ especially and by name requires the drinking of his bloud that they should deny the people that and make them take vp with the eating of it onely And how doth it appeare that the bloud as it is eaten is any part of the Sacrament and if not what benefit comes to the Receiuer thereby in that regard iust nothing It is the drinking and not the eating of Christs bloud in this Sacrament that must refresh the soule of the Communicant without this drinking therof the soule can no more be refreshed with the bloud of Christ in this Sacrament then the bodily thirst can bee quenched by that water that is in bread And a man in eating the Body of Christ broken crucified pierced with a speare and sacrificed so as it is exhibited to a Christian in this Sacrament can no more be said in thereby to drinke the bloud of Christ then the Iewes that did eat the flesh of sheepe and oxen offered in sacrifice after that the bloud was separated and the parcels were rosted and broyled could bee said then and therein to drink the bloud of sheep oxen And they might as well proue that wine was in the bread before the consecration as that the bloud of Christ is in the body after the consecration CHAP. VIII Of the end and vse of this Sacrament in respect of the Communicant HItherto of the parts of this Sacrament The maine and most generall Ends and vses follow Which are two The 1. Respecting our selues especially 2. Others also That which respecteth our selues is That wee receiue this Sacrament to solemnize thereby a speciall memoriall of Christ and of our Redemption by him This doe saith our Sauiour in remembrance of me One End then why this Sacrament is to bee vsed and the vse to bee continued in the Church of Christ is That in and by the due receiuing thereof wee might the more feelingly and effectually remember what our Sauiour hath done and suffered for vs. When our speciall friends vpon their departure from vs doe bestow vpon vs any token of remembrance they do it not onely for that speciall good that comes to vs by the ordinary vse of the thing it selfe but also that thereby so often as wee looke vpon the same or vse it we should moreouer make this vse of it to call to minde thereby the many loues and fauours they haue shewed vnto vs. And this is written in our nature that when any occasion is but offered vnto vs of remembring a deare friend departed from vs to be more then ordinarily affected therewith Hence superstitious persons so heartily vpon any occasion of remembrance pray the Lord to haue mercy on their soules that are departed this life whom they loue and haue been bound vnto but when they behold any speciall memoriall and token of their loue then they are often for the time transported rauished with extraordinary affection which they will shew euen to the token of remembrance it self doing a kinde of honour vnto it Seeing therefore this Sacrament that is not only left vnto vs by the greatest friend that euer we had but left of purpose to bee a speciall remembrance and pledge of the greatest loue that euer was shewed to mortall creatures and which hath the very effects and fruits of loue written vpon it yea ingrauen in it yea in some sort contained in it Is it not incredible that any that loue beleeue in Iesus Christ should lightly regard vnworthily abuse this Sacrament But heere by the way wee may obserue how strangely forgetfull euen the faithfull are of the vnspeakeable loue of Christ that they should stand in need of such a Remembrance For vnto them is this Sacrament giuen as a helpe therevnto Is it possible that a man should be forgetfull of such a Master as hath with a great price redeemed him frō the Gallies Yea who for to redeeme him hath made himselfe a slaue yea who was content to purchase his seruants freedome with his owne death Is it possible such a seruant should need any speciall

vnfainedly wee shal condemn our selues the more the Lord will iustifie vs. 2 The due triall and examination of a mans selfe and the iudging condemning of a mans selfe doe one necessarily follow vpon another Otherwise there is no good coherence of these words with the former He thē that shal carefully conscionably examine himselfe shall be sure to finde matter enough in himselfe to iudge and condemne himselfe for So that hee doth most worthily eat and drinke this Sacrament that shall discerne in himselfe most matter of iudgement condemnation and none more vnworthy receiuers thereof then those which can finde nothing in themselues to iudge condemne themselues for Hee shewes secondly the Mercy of God towards them herein That these iudgements vnto them that can make right vse of them are but fatherly and louing chastisements and instructions to keepe them from the common condemnation of the world But saith he whilst wee are iudged wee are chastened or nurtured and instructed of the Lord because wee should not be condemned with the world As if hee should haue said You are notwithstanding to behold Gods mercie towards you shining in this Iustice of his For he doth not this out of any hatred hee beares to any of you that are humbled vnder this hand of his can make a good vse thereof But as a louing and deare father chasteneth and correcteth his childe when he sees him in any fault not that hee might bee auenged of him but only thereby to terrifie him and keepe him from such courses as might bring him to the gibbet or gallowes or any other such shamefull end So God exerciseth you with these temporall chastisements that thereby hee might keep and restrain you from following such courses as might bring you with the rest of the wicked world to eternall damnation The consideration hereof should not embolden vs to be the lesse carefull of the former duties but rather to make more conscience of them For howsoeuer those who receiue this Sacrament vnworthily doe not so eat and drinke their own damnation that there is no meanes or hope of mercy left vnto thē being fallen into this sinne and though these temporall iudgements which God inflicts as signes and tokens that therein they eat and drinke their own damnation are to some persons the effects of Gods loue the meanes to saue them from that damnation Yet cursed and desperate must their state needs be that shall in such a manner abuse so great a mercy loue of God yea these temporary iudgements doe so farre forth onely proceed from his loue as they are sanctified vnto vs and made holy instruments in and thorow them to see and behold what an odious and damnable sin it is to receiue vnworthily and so they become a good meanes to make vs repent of it and forsake that sinne In others they are but the forerunners of eternall punishment Thus much for our helpe and direction that we may bee worthy and fruitfull receiuers of this Sacrament The Lord for his mercy sake pardon our former wants herein and moue our hearts to the carefull performance of all these duties that so we may not onely auoid the iudgements which vnworthy receiuers are in danger to fall into but that wee receiuing these Mysteries worthily may in and by them receiue the assurance of that grace and mercy which is shadowed and represented by them euen the full and perfect Redemption of our bodies and soules through the sacrifice of Christs body and his most precious bloud shed vpon the Crosse Amen FINIS A Briefe forme of Examination Containing occasionally the maine Principles of Religion I. Question WHat is a Sacramēt A. A mysticall signe ordained of God to represent and seale to the worthy receiuer saluation by Christ Iesus Mat. 28.19 1 Cor. 11 23. Gen. 17 7. Ro. 4 11. Q. Who is Christ Iesus A. The eternall and onely begotten Sonne of God our only Sauior Matt. 3 17. Rom. 1 3. Iohn 1 14. 1 Tim. 2.5 Heb. 2 17. The Questions thus marked with a star may in thy Examination bee vsed or omitted as time or ability of the Person requireth * Q. What is God A. An infinite and eternall Maiesty the Creator and Gouernor of the world Psa 139 7 1 Kings 8 27. Esa 44 6 Psal 90.2 Gen. 1.1 Psalm 19. Zach. 9 10. Prou. 15.3 * Q. How many Gods are there A. Onely one in three Persons Ioh. 17 3. Ex. 20 2. 1 Cor. 8 32. 1 Iohn 5.7 * Q. Which bee those three Persons A. God the Father God the Sonne God the holy Ghost Matth. 28 19. II. Q. How is Christ our Sauiour A. By redeeming vs from hell purchasing heauen for vs Mat. 20.28 Iohn 3 14 15. Q. What is heauen A. A place of euerlasting ioy glory Mat. 25 34. Luk. 16 22. 1 Cor. 2 9. Reu. 21 23 22.1.2 Q. What is hell A. A place of euerlasting torment Luk. 16 23. Reu. 20.10 Matth. 25.46 Esa 30 33. III. Q. How came wee in danger of hell A. By sinne Rom. 5.10 Gen. 2 17. Ro. 5 12. Q. What is sinne A. A breach of Gods Commandements 1 Ioh. 3 4. Rom. 7 7. Gal. 3 10. Q. What are those Commandements A. God spake c. Q. Haue all men broken these Cōmandements A. Yea all without exception Rom. 3 9 10. Rom. 3.23 Gal. 3.22 Q. Doth euery breach of these Commandements deserue euerlasting torment in hell A. Yea verily Rom. 6.23 Gal. 3 10. Deut. 27 26. IIII. * Q. How many sorts of sinne are there A. Two Originall and Actuall * Q. What is Originall sinne A. A corruption of nature whereby we are inclined to the breach of all GODs Commandements Psal 51.5 Rom. 7 18. 8 7. 7 14. * Q. Is this corruption in all A. Yea Gen. 8 21. Rom. 5 12. * Q. How came we to the same A. By the fall of Adam our first father Rom. 5 12. 1 Cor. 15 22. * Q. How did he fall A. By eating of the fruit of a tree that God had forbidden vpon pain of death Gen. 3 6. * Q. What is Actuall sinne A. A particular breach of Gods Commaundements in thought word and deed arising from Original corruption Ge. 6 5. Gal. 5 19. Eph. 2 3. Rom. 3 13. V Q. By what meanes hath Christ redeemed vs from hell and purchased heauen for vs A. By fulfilling the Law and dying for vs Phil. 2 8. Mat. 5 17. v. 3.15 Reuel 5 9 1. Heb 9 15. * Q. How could the Sonne of God being God performe this A. Hee tooke vpon him our nature so became God and man in one Person Ioh. 1 14. Rom. 9 5. * Q. How did hee take our nature vpon him A. Hee was miraculously conceiued by the holy Ghost in the wombe of a Virgin Esa 7 14. Matt. 1 20. Luk. 1 35. Iohn 1.14 Q. What death did hee die for vs A. An accursed death vpon the Crosse Matt. 27 35.