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FOR I have received of the Lord that which also I have deliver'd unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same Night in which he was betrayed, took Bread;
And when he had given Thanks he brake it, and said, Take, eat, this is my Body which is broken for you; This do in remembrance of me.
After the same manner also he took the Cup when he had supped, saying, This Cup is the New Testament in my Blood;
this do ye as oft as ye drink it in remem∣brance of me;
For as often as ye eat of this Bread, and drink of this Cup, ye do shew the Lord's Death till he come.
Wherefore whosoever shall eat this Bread, and drink this Cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord.
But let a Man examine himself; and so let him eat of that Bread, and drink of that Cup.
For he that eateth and drinketh un∣worthily, eateth and drinketh Damnati∣on to himself, not discerning the Lord's Body.
Resp.] Blessed be thy Holy Name, O Lord, who hast provided the Scriptures for a Comfort of the Faithful; and bles∣sed be thy gracious Wisdom who hast left in thy Church a Rule to interpret them, lest the Unwary and Unstable should pervert them to their own De∣struction. Renew, O merciful Lord, a right Spirit in the World, a Spirit of Hu∣mility and Obedience, that in reading those Sacred Books, none may prefer their private Fancies before the Testimony of the Church-Universal; nor be obstinate∣ly perverse against their proper Pastors; but all may readily submit to them whom
he that hears, hears thee, and he that de∣spises despises thee.
Res.] Jo. 6. 48. I am the Bread of Life. And Jo. 6. 31. Our Fathers did eat Manna in the Wilderness, as it is written, He gave them Bread from Hea∣ven to eat. v. 33. For the Bread of God is he which cometh down from Heaven, and giveth Life to the World. Then said they unto him, Lord evermore give us this Bread.
V. 51. I am the living Bread which came down from Heaven; if any Man eat of this Bread he shall live for ever; and the Bread that I will give is my Flesh, which I will give for the Life of the World: For my Flesh is Meat indeed, and my Blood ••s Drink indeed. These, O my dear∣est Saviour, are thy very Words, O ever∣more give us this Bread.