repetition and celebration whereof is as it were the renewing, or rather the confirming with more and more seales our Patent of life; that by so many things, in theHeb. 6. 18. smallest where∣of it is impossible for God to lye, wee might have strong consolation who have our refuge to lay hold on him who in these holy Myste∣ries is set before us; for the Sacrament is not onely aGen. 17. 11. Rom. 4. 11. Exod. 12. 13.Signe to represent, but a Seale to exhi∣bite that which it represents. In the Signe wee see, in the seale wee receive him. In the Signe wee have the image, in the seale the be∣nefit of Christs Body, forAug. de doctr. Christ. l. 2. c. 1. the nature of a Signe is to discover and represent that which in it selfe is obscure or absent (as. Arist. de Interpr. cap. 1. words are called signes and symboles of our invisible thoughts) but thePlus annulis nostris quàm a∣nimis creditur, Seneca. property of a Seale is to ratifie and o establish that which might other∣wise bee uneffectuall; for which cause some have called the Sacrament by the name of a Bernardus.Ring, which men use in sealing those writings unto which they annexe their trust and credit. And as the Sacrament is a Signe and Seale from God to us representing and exhibiting his benefits, so should it bee a signe and seale from us to God, a signe to. Chrysost. in Gen. Hom. 39. separate us from sinners, a seale to oblige us to all performances of faith and thankfulnesse on our part required.Another End and Effect of this holy Sacra∣ment was to abrogate the Passeover, and testifie the alteration of those former Types which 0