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A69076 A treatise of Christian religion. Or, the whole bodie and substance of diunintie. By T.C.; Christian religion Cartwright, Thomas, 1535-1603.; Bradshaw, William, 1571-1618. 1616 (1616) STC 4707.7; ESTC S107471 214,101 390

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the sheading of the blood of beasts is now vnder the Gospell accomplished by the blood-sheading of Christ Q. What are the sacramentall actions of them which receiue A. To take the bread and to eate it and the wine Mat. 26. 26. 27. and to drinke it Q. VVhat is signified thereby A. The applying of Christ crucified and all his merits vnto our selues by faith as the onely meanes by which we looke to liue eternally Q. VVhat is the fittest time for the celebration of this Sacrament A. The Lords day in the morning Act. 20. 7. Q. But our Sauiour celebrated it vpon another day both he and his Apostles at another time euen in the night A. First our Sauiour did this occasionally after supper in regard of the Passeouer in the roome wherof this was to succeed and therefore hee did institute it presently after the eating of it Secondly that it might goe immediately before his passion the better to shew whereunto it hath relation Thirdly the Apostles did it in the night vpon necessity for feare of persecution and therfore where there is no such cause of feare the custome of our owne Churches is to bee performed which celebrate it in the morning when our wits memories and capacities are most fresh Q. But is there no speciall matter to bee obserued that our Sauiour celebrated this Sacrament after supper A. Yes verily for thereby we learne that wee are not to come to this table to fill our bellies but wee are to haue our mindes lifted vp from these earthly elements to our Sauiour Christ represented by them For it is not the vse after supper to set bread and wine vpon the table but banqueting dishes which reproues them which come only for a draught of wine and such as rest onely in the receit of the outward elements Q. How oft are the Sacraments to be celebrated A. As oft in a yeere as the Church where wee are members may conueniently and agreeable to the dignitie of the mysterie communicate therein 1. Cor. 11. 26. Q. What persons haue title to this Sacrament A. All Christians that are of yeeres of discretion 1. Cor. 11. 27. 28. and haue been baptized being fitted thereunto Q. May not infants and children partake thereof A. No because they cannot performe that dutie which the Apostle requireth of all worthie receiuers 1. Cor. 11. 28. that is they cannot trie and examine themselues Q. By what meanes may we be fit receiuers of this Sacrament A. First by a careful preparation before the action great heed in the action and a ioyfull and thankfull close and shutting vp of it Q. How are we to prepare our selues before the action A. Wee are first to examine our knowledge as in the grounds and principles of religion so also in this Sacrament whether we vnderstand the meaning and vse thereof viz. the signification of the signes and the graces that they seale Secondly wee are to examine what faith wee haue and what repentance not onely in the generall but for our particular sinnes whether wee doe bewaile them or iudge our selues for them otherwise we shall stirre vp Gods wrath against vs and those that belong 1. Cor. 11. 28. 31 vnto vs and moue him although not to condemne vs in the world to come yet to inflict fearfull plagues and iudgements vpon vs in this world Q. What heed is to be taken in the action A. That in the act of receiuing with the signes we consider and call to our remembrance the particular matters signified Seeing the bread broken and the wine poured out wee are affectionately to remember the body of Christ broken and his blood shead for vs and by the eye of faith behold him crucified as it were before our eyes Further beholding the Minister reaching forth these elements vnto vs wee are to behold Christ himselfe therein offering himselfe and all his merits vnto vs if we will receiue them by faith Lastly in the stretching forth of our hands to receiue these elements wee are to labour to haue a sense and feeling of our faith laying hold vpon Christ and all his sauing benefits and in our eating of this bread and drinking this wine wee are to labour to feele such a spirituall refreshing of our soules with the body and blood of Christ as wee feele in our bodies by the bread and wine Q. How are we to close and shut vp this action A. We are to be comforted in heart in the sense of Gods fauour towards vs from whence we should be ready with feeling ioy to sing a Psalm vnto the Lord of praise and thanks-giuing and feeling our selues strengthened in the new man we are to depart with a Mat. 26. 30. resolution to walke more strongly and steadily in the waies of God all the daies of our life afterward For this is a Sacrament not of our incorporation into Christ but of our growth in him CHAP. 39. Of Ecclesiasticall Discipline Censures wherein note their Kindes they are either Medicinall Priuate Publike Of punishment Power and authoritie MAT. ch 18. vers 15. to the 20. and 1. COR. 16. 22. 15. Moreouer if thy brother shall trespasse against thee goe and tell him his fault betweene thee and him alone if hee shall heare thee thou hast gained thy brother 16. But if he will not heare thee then take with thee one or two more that in the mouth of two or three witnesses euery word may be established 17. And if hee shall neglect to heare them tell it vnto the Church but if he neglect to heare the Church let him bee vnto thee as an heathen man and a Publican 18. Verily I say vnto you whatsoeuer ye shall binde on earth shall be bound in heauen and whatsoeuer ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heauen 19. Againe I say vnto you that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall aske it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heauen 20. For where two or three are gathered together in my Name there am I in the middest of them 1. COR. 16. 22. 22. If any man loue not the Lord Iesus Christ let him bee Anathema Maranatha Q. HItherto of the Sacraments now followeth the Discipline of the Church what is it A. The spirituall Censures of the Church executed against such members of the Church as haue fallen into any scandalous sinne Q. What need is there of them A. Very much both to helpe the godly and to restraine and root out the wicked out of the Church euen as much as of the sword of the Magistrate in the Common-wealth or the rod in the house yea so much more as these are for the body and this life the other for the soule and the life to come Q. What is to bee considered in this text concerning these Censures A. First the kindes secondly the power and authoritie Q. What are the kindes A. They are either of