The Christian's manual in three parts ... / by L. Addison ...

LVII.

And as to this Charity here spoken of, the very Elements of the Lords Supper figure and en∣force it: for the many grains made up into one Loaf, and the many Grapes pressed into one Cup, signifie, how we being ma∣ny, are made one Bread and one Body. And nothing can make all Christians to be affectionately one, but Charity; or mystical∣ly and spiritually one, except Charity, the Bond of Peace and Union. And this is that heaven∣ly temper of Mind, to which Christians are obliged, upon the account of the nearness of that relation which is amongst them: for they have all but one Father, one Saviour, one Sanctifier; they all profess one Faith, have all received one and the same Bap∣tism, and all expect one and the

same Inheritance. But if in spight of all this you trample Charity under Feet, and instead of being reconciled to your Neighbour, you malice and hate him: you are no more fit for the Sa∣crament than a Murderer: for such are all those who hate their fellow Christians; according to St. John, in the third and fourth Chapters of his first Epistle.