...of controversy, viz. to the explanation of the sense in which the assertion of our catechism, that " the body and blood of Christ are verily and indeed...and received by the faithful in the Lord's supper," is to be understood ; or, which is the same thing, of the sense in which the church of England maintains...

...1565. * We teach in our Catechism, which is early put into the hands of all Protestant Children, "that the BODY and BLOOD of CHRIST are verily and indeed...and received by the FAITHFUL in the LORD'S SUPPER." In the xxviiith Article we profess," that to them who worthily receive the LORD'S SUPPER, the Bread...

...is xjiiritually present, but that, under the emblems of bread and wine, and by faith as the means, " the body and blood of Christ are verily and indeed...and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper:" and, therefore, that they are in a certain sense present, that it is by their powerful virtues, benefits,...

...quickening Spirit — yet in shewing " the Spirit and the life" of our Saviour's words ; so that " the body and blood of Christ are verily and indeed...and received by the faithful in the Lord's supper," without the necessity of any miraculous change whatever with respect to the outward sign or memorial....

..."Question. What is the inward part, or thing signified? Answer. The body and blood of Christ, which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's supper." That this answer was meant to express the doctrine of tran substantiation, or consubstantiation, may,...

...be received. Q. What is the inward part or thing signified ? A. The body and blood of Christ which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper. Q. What are the benefits whereof we are partakers thereby ? A. The strengthening and refreshing of...

...the sense, in which the latter part of the third answer of our Catechism is to be understood ; that " the body and blood " of Christ are verily and indeed taken and re" ceived by the faithful in the Lord's Supper ;". words intended to show, that our Church as truly...

...really its creeds, articles, &c, as generally understood and interpreted by its living pastors, eg " 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...

...English Church. The things signified by the bread and wine are " the body and blood of Christ, which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper.'" So that, although by no means necessarily a saving ordinance (for it appears by St. Luke that Judas...

...demonstrative of a spiritual, not a corporeal, reception of the body and blood of Christ. In a spiritual sense, the body and blood of Christ are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful; and by the faithful only. If the real presence had been intended, the unfaithful, though...