...Observations on this Prayer, chap, iv, part ii, of this Treatise. t In the Catechism it is asserted, that " the body and blood of Christ are verily and indeed...and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper ;" but the emphatic word faithful shews that they are not corporeally, but only spiritually received....

...fond of drawing. • The next count in this indictment runs thus : . " 5. Your Church declares that the body and blood of Christ are verily and indeed...and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper." it cannot be denied, that this language is fully sanctioned by many passages in Scripture. Our Saviour...

...There is a difficulty in this part of the catechism.which should notbepassedover. We are told, " that olicitude; I have traced her progress from injuries to arms, and from arms to liberty. Spirit of Swi sup* The catechism asserts the sacraments to be only generally necessary to salvation, excepting particular...

...— ' QM. ' What is the inward part, or thing signified ? ' Ans. The body and blood of Christ, which are ' verily and indeed taken and received by the 'faithful in the Lord's supper.' But if the recipient be not a believer : then, verily, he eats and drinks his own condemnation. And...

...pasture. t 20. — What is the inward part, or thing ligAnswer. — The body and blood of Christ, which are verily and indeed taken, and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper. OBSERVATIONS. Body and Blood, without the Bread and Wine, the Bread and Wine being metamorphosed into...

...commanded to he received. What is the inward part or thing signified ? The body and blood of Christ, which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper. What are the -benefits whereof we are partakers thereby ? The strengthening and refreshing of our souls...

..." My own idea is this : when I say, that, in the Lord's supper ' the body and blood of Christ which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's supper;' I mean that though I may not know precisely what may be intended in Scripture by our eating Christ's...

...:— our own Church, for instance, in denying the Corporeal Presence, scruples not to affirm, " that the body and blood of Christ are verily and indeed...and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper :" meaning only that the benefits of his Sacrifice are partaken of, and justifying her language by...

...really its Creeds, Articles, &c., as generally understood and interpreted by its living pastors, e. g- " The body and blood of Christ are verily and indeed...and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper :" Here is a written form of the Church of England, generally understood and interpreted in 1345, as...

...invisible communion between our souls, and the body and blood of Christ ; and therefore we say, that the body and blood of Christ, are verily and indeed...and received, by the faithful in the Lord's supper. " By the faithful" because faith is that hidden principle by which the soul holds converse with an...