CHAP. IX. The Lords Supper.
THere are divers names and appellations of it, of which Casaubone speaks Ex.* 1.1 16. ad Annal. Eccles. Baron.
This Sacrament is called The a 1.2 Supper, from the time of its institution, because it was instituted by Christ after a common Supper, and the eat∣ing of the Paschal Lamb, in the night in which he was betrayed, 1 Cor. 11. 23.
This word Coena is not liked of the Roman Church, because it signifies a com∣mon Supper, and by consequent cannot be applied to private Masses, nay nor to publick Masses neither, in which oftentimes the Priest eats all alone. Scena est pla∣nè, non Coena Dominici corporis & sanguinis id quod agitur. Sacerdos ad altare assi∣stit, theatrali veste magnificè indutus. Post multas gesticulationes manuum, multas corporis gyrationes, tandem crustulum manibus supra caput elatis, elatum à populo aver∣sus ostendunt. Audiunt qui ad sunt quod non intelligunt, vident quae non percip••unt, adorant quod nesciunt. Simplicii Varini. Epist. de libro postumo Grot. p. 263.
The Lords Supper, 1 Cor. 11. 20. b 1.3 because instituted by Christ our Lord. The Fathers often call it so. Cyprian hath written a Tractate, De Coena Domini.
The breaking of Bread, Acts 2. 42. & 20. 7. The breaking of the Eucharist, so the Syriack in both places. Vide De Dieu, because it representeth the crucifying of Christ.
The Eucharist, so it was called not long after the Apostles, because the Evan∣gelist Luke and the Apostle rehearsing the institution of this Sacrament, do