M. Hardinge. The .6. Diuision.
That Christe Sacrificed him selfe at his Supper, Hesychius affirmeth with these woordes: Quod Dn̄s iussit (Leuit. 4.) vt Sacerdos virulum pro peccato Oblaturus, ponat manū super capu•• eius, & iugulet eum coram Domino, Christum ••ignificat, quem nemo obtulit, sed nec immolare poterat, nisi semetipsum ipse ad patiendum tradidisset. Propter quod non so∣lùm dicebat,* 1.1 Potestatem habeo ponendi animam meam, & potestatem habeo iterum su∣mendi eam: sed & praeu••niens semetipsum in Coena Apostolorum immolauit, quod sci∣unt, qui Mysteriorum percipiunt virtutem. That our Lorde commaunded (saithe he) the Priest, whiche shoulde offer a calfe for sinne, to put his hande vpon his heade, and to sticke him before our Lorde, it signifieth Christe, whom noman hath offered, neither coulde any man Sacrifice him, excepte he hadde deliuered him selfe to suffer. For the whiche he saide not onely, I haue power to laye downe my Soule,* 1.2 and I haue power to take it againe: But also preuentinge it, he offered vp him selfe in Sacrifice in the Supper of the Apostles: whiche they know, that receiue the vertue of the Mysteries. By these woordes of Hesychius wee learne, that Christe offered, and Sacrificed his Bodie and Bloude twise. Firste in that Holy Supper vnbloudely, when he tooke Breade in his handes, and brake it, &c. VVithout Diuision of the Sacrifice, for it is but one and the same Sacrifice. And afterwarde on the Crosse, with Sheddinge of his Bloude, and that is it, he meaneth by the woorde, Preuentinge.