# Of The Holy Supper.

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Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: OF THE HOLY SUPPER.



The holy Lord’s Supper is an ordinance instituted
by Christ Jesus in remembrance of himself, to be
observed until his coming, by all who are baptized
on true faith in Christ to one body, in the church of
the New Testament. Matt. 26:26; 22:19; 1 Cor.
11:24,26.

This rite consists in this, that a minister of the
Gospel, according to the institution of Christ, and
the usage of his apostles, takes bread and wine for a
holy purpose, breaks the bread, and pours in the
wine, and, after preparation and giving of thanks,
dispenses both to the believing members. The broken
bread is eaten, and the wine drank; Christ’s
passion or bitter suffering and death, and the shedding
of his precious blood; also the motives for this,
together with the benefits of his death, through
which man receives the remission of his sins, which
is signified by this visible sign—all this is proclaimed
thereby, in order that the believing church may
give thanks to God for this benefit, and, as behooves
members of one body, live and walk together here,
as one heart and soul, in peace and love and unity.
Luke 22:19,20; Acts 2:42; 20:11; 1 Cor. 10:16,17;
11:23–25; Acts 4:32.

The sum of all that has been said is; 1. that
the Lord Christ is the foundation and only meritorious
cause of eternal salvation; 2. that true faith in
him is the means whereby we become children of
God and partakers of his merits; 3. that the children
of God are to be known outwardly by the confession
and fruits of their faith; 4. that God, through
the external signs of Holy Baptism and the Supper,
sets before the eyes of his children his gracious benefits,
and binds them, as members of Jesus Christ,
to one body, that is, to a church of God and Christ,
whereby they are also admonished to the obedience
they owe.

Here the answer to the first question might be
concluded, but, since the Lord God, for the welfare
of his church, and the propagation of the truth, as
being promotive of the honor of his name and the
salvation of mankind, has instituted other ceremonies
and laws, besides certain offices, which, according
to the circumstances of the case, the true members
of the church of God are bound to observe;
we shall, as briefly as is possible and proper, subjoin
these to what has preceded; and this the more, as
our peace presentation to people of the same faith
points partly to them; that it may appear the more
clearly, whether they agree with us, and we with
them, in the order of the Christian household, to
live according to it, through Christian obedience,
together in love, peace and unity, without thinking
for any reason, ever again to separate one from another.





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