PAR, 3.
THen did I enlarge the poynt, that Christ, and his holy Apostles (except In∣das, who went out before the Eucharist was taken) were altogether at three Suppers in one night, in that night in which he was betrayed; and that those A∣postles certainely, and Christ himselfe partaked of all the three suppers; that they kept not one constant forme, but varyed their gestures; that there is no firmenesse of consequence to argue, that whatsoever was done at the first supper, the same was done at the second; or whatsoever was at the second supper, that it continued in the same fashion, untill the end of the third supper; that these se∣verall Suppers were not in the same degrees of holinesse, and were attended with proportionable Rites, and different ceremonies; That the eating of the Paschall Lambe, was the first Supper; That their joynt-eating of common food was their second Supper; That the institution of the Eucharist, and taking of it was their third supper, called by the* 1.1 Apostle, the Supper of the Lord.
To some intelligent people, which heard me, these things seemed, though new and strange, yet probable, and analogall to faith; others, hung betweene doubt and beliefe: but 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, Ecce Rhodus, Ecce salius, here is the man, here his leape; Nunc specimen specitur, nunc certamen cernitur, now is the tryall, you may see it, as Mnesilochus phraseth it in Plautus; what I said, I am ready not one∣ly to say againe, but to prove, and justify: God the truth, and learned men the Dis∣ciples of truth, being judges;
Indocti procul este viri, procul este profani.
Let men unlearned, and profane, Be farre from hence, they judge in vaine.