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A44513	The crucified Jesus, or, A full account of the nature, end, design and benefits of the sacrament of the Lords Supper with necessary directions, prayers, praises and meditations to be used by persons who come to the Holy Communion / by Anthony Horneck ...	Horneck, Anthony, 1641-1697.	1695 (1695)	Wing H2823; ESTC R35435	411,793	617

of the Wheat Psal. 147. 14 so it s like they would not in their Passover in the Bread they used omit the commemoration of that Mercy and the same Bread which Christ made use of in the Passover we must suppose he made use of in the institution of this Sacrament This will give us occasion to enquire whether any other thing Men make use of instead of Corn-Bread may be used in this Holy Sacrament for it 's certain that in some Countries they have no Corn and divers Authors tells us how much the Bread differs in the several parts of the habitable World according to the nature of the Soil and temper of the Inhabitants The Egyptians heretofore made Bread of Millet and Milk and Water and in some part of the West-Indies at this day they make Bread of the roots of certain Trees which they dry and powder and then make up into Paste or Bread and so they do in divers parts of Africa And as it may be the lots of many Christians to be cast upon such places so the question may justly be ask'd Whether in the administration of the Lord's Supper being destitute of Bread made of Corn they may with a safe Conscience make use of any other And most Divines answer in the affirmative For tho' the Canonists among the Papists will allow nothing to be Bread but what is made of Corn yet whatever it is that nourishes like Bread made of Corn is Bread to them who are so nourish'd by it And since the reason of Christ's making use of Bread in this Sacrament was to represent the Spiritual nourishment of our Souls by application of the benefits of his death or as we commonly speak by his Body and Blood Why should not any Nation or People make use of that in the Sacrament to represent this Spiritual nourishment which serves them instead of Bread and gives the same nourishment to their Bodies that ordinary Bread doth especially where Bread of Wheat or Rye or Barley is not to be had Yet this is not to be applied to other Fruits of the Earth such as Pears and Apples and Figs and Melons c. as if they in case of necessity might be made use of instead of Bread for though they nourish too yet no Nation makes use of them as their Bread And since Bread is not only used by Christ but by all the Christian Churches in all Ages something that hath the nature and the name of Bread must still be used in this Holy Sacrament and all care imaginable taken that by making use of something else Men run not into Profanation of this Ordinance 3. As it was unleaven'd and wheaten Bread Christ made use of in the Institution of this Holy Sacrament so it was also substantial Bread not a Wafer as is now used in the Church of Rome That Christ used substantial Bread no Man ever doubted that understood what Bread the Jews made use of in the Celebration of the Passover and for a thousand years after Christ the Church was wholly ignorant of Wafers It 's granted that the Sacramental Bread was antiently called Host from the Latin Hostia a Sacrifice because the Bread represents the Body of Christ which was offered in Sacrifice for the sins of the World which name of Host the Church of Rome still applies at this day to their Wafers in the Mass but then it was substantial Bread or a whole Loaf they called by that name How these Wafers first came in is explain'd by Honorius Augustodunensis The report goes saith he that it was usual in former times for the Ministers of the Church when the Sacrament of the Altar was to be Celebrated to fetch a quantity of Meal or Flower from every House or Family in the place they lived in which Custom is yet observ'd among the Greeks and of that to make the Bread which was to be used at the Lord's Table and distributed among the Communicants But after the Church increased in number but decreas'd in Holiness it was order'd for the sake of carnal Men that those that could should communicate either every Lords Day or every Third Lord's Day or on the Festivals of the Year But the People not coming and there being no need of so great a Loaf as formerly it was thought good to use Wafers in the form of a larger Penny and that they might not want a Mystery for these new doings the People desired instead of Flower to offer every Man a Penny that thereby they might acknowledge how their Lord and Master was betraid for Thirty pieces of Silver So far he And it 's probable that from hence came the Easter-Offerings which as yet are usual in most Churches of the Nation And since these Wafers are the effects of so great no abuse which the wickedness of the times brought into the Church it can be no great encouragement for those that would preserve the solemnity of this Mystery to keep them up or plead in vindication of them It 's true the Wafers they use this day in the Church of Rome are made of Flower and Water But 1. There is not that quantity of Flower and Water in them as is required in substantial Bread Neither 2. Are they wrought or baked as common substantial Bread is Neither 3. When they are made are they design'd for any thing but to seal Letters withal I mean in the ordinary use of them before the Priest doth lay them upon the Altar which shews that they are not intended for nourishing Bread nor have they the right taste or smell or strength of Bread neither are they commonly sold for Bread nor doth any Man make use of them for his daily Bread thereby to strengthen his Body So that they do not answer Chrst's design and the Analogy that ought to be betwixt the thing signifying and that which is signified i. e. They being no substantial Bread cannot exactly represent the substantial Nourishment of the Soul and therefore have been most justly rejected by most Churches but by that which hath made bold with God himself with Scripture and the express Laws of our Saviour and substituted their own Inventions and Traditions IV. Why Christ made use of Bread in this Holy Sacrament is next to be consider'd Besides the general Reason I have already mentioned viz. To represent the Nourishment he intends our Souls by his Death and Crucifixion if we lay hold of it by an active and fruitful Faith there may these following Reasons be also given for it 1. To put us in mind that he was the Person prefigured by the Bread variously prepared and ordered under the Law and in the Temple and in the Rituals of the Jews The Shew-bread was to be before the Lord continually Exod. 25. 30. In the Original it 's called The Bread of Faces The Mystery of it was to shew that Christ was to be the great Mediator who should be always in the Presence of God behold his

render that Wound incurable which if wise impartial and charitable Men had the handling of might be heal'd up with great Facility III. It was indeed a Rule in the Rubrick of the Passover Exod. 12. 46. That a Bone of the Paschal Lamb should not be broken but that Type doth not interfere with Christ's Breaking the Sacramental Bread For though the Paschal Lamb represented the Lamb of God which was to die for the Sins of the World yet that particular Rite had relation only to that Providence in the Scene of Christ's Passion in which Care was taken that his Legs should not be broken as those of Malefactors commonly were as St. John expresly explains it Joh. 19. 21. And this shews the wonderful Exactness of Providence that both foretold and fulfilled that Particular in our great Redeemer's Funeral And though he was numbred with the Transgressors yet in many Things his Usage was different from theirs to let the World see that a special Dispensation attended him and that in the midst of all his Misery an unknown Hand restrain'd the unruly Wills of Men and made them against their Intent and Design correspond with God's Prescience and Determination This was so minute a Circumstance that one would have thought it deserved no Cognisance or Prediction But as inconsiderable as it appears to vulgar Eyes God knew it was of Consequence and hereby he taught future Ages at once to admire the Treasures of his Wisdom and his Care of his only begotten Son who though he condescended to die so ignominious a Death yet was to enjoy this Privilege above other Malefactors that even Infidels might see he was no common Creature So that this Rite in the Passover must be stretched no farther than it was at first intended and if so it clashes not with Christ's Breaking the Bread for other Designs and Purposes The Preceding Considerations reduced to Practice I. SInce Christ broke the Bread and the Act is so significant the Church of Rome is certainly in the wrong who neglects this Breaking and gives the Wafer whole But we need not wonder at their Neglect of this Practice in their Rituals who have made bold with the one half of the Sacrament and deprived the Laity of an Essential Part of it viz. The Cup whereof we shall have occasion to speak more largely in the Sequel Men who are resolved to establish their Errours into which Ignorance first led them must be bold and daring and since the Word of God doth contradict them invent and erect an Authority equal with that of God and set up an Infallible Chair to bear the World in hand that they can do nothing that is unlawful and while Oral Tradition that Nose of Wax which you may turn and set which way you list is pretended there is no Doctrine so absurd but may be water'd from that impure Spring And who can question it when the Laity are kept ignorant of the Word of the Living God and the Scriptures as much forbidden as the Tree of Life was to Adam lest he should eat thereof and live II. As Christ broke the Bread so it is justly supposed that he did eat of it himself for this was the Custom among the Jews for the Master of the Family who broke the Bread to eat of it himself And though he had no need of it and the Mercy intended by this Sacrament was intended altogether for the Benefit of his Disciples and Followers yet as he was baptized to shew a good Example and that he might be in all Things like unto his Brethren so he did eat of the Sacramental Bread thereby to encourage all Christians to come and participate of that blessed Symbol And we may add he did it to shew that those that did eat worthily had Communion with him and that he would be in them and they in him as those who are admitted to eat of the same Meat the Prince himself eats of are supposed to be his Favourites But if Christ did eat of the consecrated Bread himself the Doctrine of Transubstantiation that Idol of the Church of Rome falls to the Ground For from hence it will follow that Christ did eat and devour himself which as it is absurd so it wants very little of being ridiculous III. See here what Reflections thou art to make when thou seest the holy Bread broken before thine Eyes in this Sacrament This thou must not look upon as an empty Ceremony but thy Soul must flee away to Gethsemane walk about Golgotha take a Turn on the Mount of Olives and stand still a while on Moriah and behold how the innocent Isaac is bound upon the Altar how the Son of God hangs on the infamous Tree a Spectacle to Angels and to Men And here the Tremendous Object must arrest thy Thoughts and infuse such Reflections See here my Sins what Work ye have made what Injury ye have done The Son of the Living God could not be quiet for you in Heaven ye pulled him down from the Mansions of Glory ye afflicted persecuted broke him here on Earth and left him not till ye had kill'd and murther'd him How shall I be reveng'd upon you How shall I testifie my Concernedness at the Sufferings of the Lord Jesus How shall I convince the holy Angels that stand about me that I condole with him Pride and Desire of Vain-Glory thou shalt die Envy and Malice thou shalt live no longer in my Soul Wrath and Anger thou shalt be dispatch'd Hypocrisie and Covetousness thou shalt be broke to pieces Intemperance and Luxury thou shalt breath thy last I 'll harbour no Murtherers in my Bosom no such Traitors shall lodge in my House O Blessed Master Shall I see thy Head broke with Thorns and not cry out O that my Head were Water and mine Eyes a Fountain of Tears Shall I see thy Face broke with Grief and not blush at my daring Sins that broke it thus Break stubborn Heart Break my perverse and ungovernable Will Break my head-strong Passions O Jesu break these Cockatrices Eggs and let all the Poyson evaporate then then thy Servant shall be whole IV. Hear this thou broken thou contrite Penitent Hear this thou distressed Soul that art broken with a Sense of Sin who feelest the Burthen heavy and bowest under it Behold the Rock that was broken for thee and of the Waters that flow from it drink yea drink abundantly This Water is cordial thou needest not be afraid of Intemperance here Hide thy self in the Holes in the Clests of this Rock hither flee for Refuge When Devils haunt thee when Temptations follow thee when Despair like the Avenger of Blood is at thy Heels run into this City of Refuge save thy self in this Zoar here fear no Storm no Waves no Tempest here all travelling and weary Souls find Rest here Devils have no Power for they are conquered their Dominion is taken away their Empire broken here is Balm of Gilead here lives the Physician whose Blood