# The Fourth Letter Of Jacob The Chandler, Written To His Children; Being Properly A Confession Of His Faith. · Page 4 of 8 [Previous page: THE FOURTH LETTER OF JACOB THE CHANDLER, WRITTEN TO HIS CHILDREN; BEING PROPERLY A CONFESSION OF HIS FAITH.](/en/stories/mm-the-fourth-letter-of-jacob-the-chandler-written-to-his-children-being-properly-a-confession-of-his-faith/part-3/) · [Book contents](/en/sources/martyrs-mirror/#book-contents) · [Next page: THE FOURTH LETTER OF JACOB THE CHANDLER, WRITTEN TO HIS CHILDREN; BEING PROPERLY A CONFESSION OF HIS FAITH.](/en/stories/mm-the-fourth-letter-of-jacob-the-chandler-written-to-his-children-being-properly-a-confession-of-his-faith/part-5/) 7. I further confess a true Supper, or breaking of bread, which Christ himself instituted, and observed with his apostles, with bread and wine. The same night in which he was betrayed, he took bread, gave thanks, 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 remembrance of me.” 1 Corinthians 11:23–25. From this no one is to understand, that the bread was the body itself of Christ, because he calls it his body; else we must also understand, that the cup is his testament, since he calls the cup his testament. But now they are only memorials, by which his death and the testament (which is sprinkled with his blood), are to be remembered; for where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator . . . otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. Hebrews 9:16,17. Hence Christ confirmed with his death his testament which he made with the house of Israel; and suffered his blood to be shed for many for the remission of sins. Matt. 26:28. And for such a remembrance the bread is broken, and the wine drunk, in the church, as Christ said: This do in remembrance of me. For as the bread is broken in the church, so also was the body of Christ broken on the tree of the cross; and as no one is fed by this bread, but those who eat of it, so also no one is fed, according to the soul, by Christ, who is the bread of life, except those that believe in him. Therefore Judas could not receive Christ, though he ate of the bread; for no one has a right to the breaking of bread, except those who by faith have become partakers of Christ, and one bread with him; and no one has a right to drink out of the cup, save he that is become a child of the new testament (which is sprinkled with the blood of Christ, 1 Peter 1:2), and he must have the law of the Lord written in his heart, and the Lord must have become his God, so that he will remember his sins no more. Jeremiah 31:33,34. For if we are to use a memorial, we must have that which is to be remembered by it. Hence the apostle says: “Let every one examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body” (1 Cor. 11:28,29); for we must discern for whom the Lord gave his body. Hence, Christians, or those that would be called so, must examine themselves, whether they also have a right to the bread, for it represents much to them, since it becomes to them as a mirror. For it is one bread baked of many grains, which must be alike among one another, because they are ground, made into a dough with water, and baked with fire into one bread, so that it cannot be distinguished which was the smallest 772 or the largest grain. Thus must we also be broken in heart, by the hammer of the divine word (Jer. 23:29), being united together through the communion of the Holy Ghost; and through fervent love be in union and peace with one another, and do nothing through strife or vain glory, but each esteem other better than themselves. Philip. 2:3. They that have thus become one bread with Christ have a right to the breaking of bread, and may receive it in remembrance of him, for such a people he gave his body; they may drink out of the cup, for they are cleansed by his blood, and have by faith obtained that which is signified by the wine. 1 Peter 1:19. Hence Paul writes: “The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?” 1 Cor. 10:16–18. For as Aaron and his children ate the sacrifice, and no strangers might eat thereof, so no one has a right to the breaking of bread and the drinking of the cup, save only the true, regenerated children of God, who are inwardly baptized by Christ with the Holy Ghost and with fire, and outwardly with water, upon their faith, and are thus become one bread and body with Christ. And as the children of Israel had to eat the paschal lamb with unleavened bread, so also the Supper of the Lord must be observed by an unleavened people, who have purged out the old leaven, and are become a new lump; or they observe it to their condemnation. 1 Cor. 5:7. ## Original source [Read this passage on Project Gutenberg](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/65855/pg65855-images.html#Page_772) [Edition details](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65855) [Previous page: THE FOURTH LETTER OF JACOB THE CHANDLER, WRITTEN TO HIS CHILDREN; BEING PROPERLY A CONFESSION OF HIS FAITH.](/en/stories/mm-the-fourth-letter-of-jacob-the-chandler-written-to-his-children-being-properly-a-confession-of-his-faith/part-3/) · [Book contents](/en/sources/martyrs-mirror/#book-contents) · [Next page: THE FOURTH LETTER OF JACOB THE CHANDLER, WRITTEN TO HIS CHILDREN; BEING PROPERLY A CONFESSION OF HIS FAITH.](/en/stories/mm-the-fourth-letter-of-jacob-the-chandler-written-to-his-children-being-properly-a-confession-of-his-faith/part-5/) --- Page: https://history.truechristian.church/en/stories/mm-the-fourth-letter-of-jacob-the-chandler-written-to-his-children-being-properly-a-confession-of-his-faith/part-4/ [Contribute a correction or addition](https://github.com/trueChristian/history.truechristian.church/issues/new?title=Correction%3A+The+Fourth+Letter+Of+Jacob+The+Chandler%2C+Written+To+His+Children%3B+Being+Properly+A+Confession+Of+His+Faith.+%C2%B7+Page+4+of+8&body=%23%23+Page+or+topic%0AThe+Fourth+Letter+Of+Jacob+The+Chandler%2C+Written+To+His+Children%3B+Being+Properly+A+Confession+Of+His+Faith.+%C2%B7+Page+4+of+8%0A%0APage%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fhistory.truechristian.church%2Fen%2Fstories%2Fmm-the-fourth-letter-of-jacob-the-chandler-written-to-his-children-being-properly-a-confession-of-his-faith%2Fpart-4%2F%0A%0ARecord%3A+mm-the-fourth-letter-of-jacob-the-chandler-written-to-his-children-being-properly-a-confession-of-his-faith--b00021-o000000%0A%0ADate+currently+shown%3A+16th+century+%28source+section%29%0A%0A%23%23+Correction+or+addition%0A%0A%0A%0A%23%23+Sources+and+evidence%0APlease+include+book%2Fpage+references%2C+archive+links%2C+or+first-hand+documentation.%0A%0A%0A%0A%23%23+Image+credit+%28if+applicable%29%0ACreator%2C+source%2C+and+permission+or+public-domain+basis.%0A%0A%0A%0ASubmitted+for+review%3B+this+issue+does+not+publish+changes+automatically.)