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A TREATISE

ON

THE LORD'S SUPPER.

PART I.

DESIGNED TO EXPLAIN THE NATURE OF THE HOLY COMMUNION.

ON THE LORD'S SUPPER.

INTRODUCTION.

ON THE NATURE OF THE SACRAMENT OF THE
LORD'S SUPPER.

THE Church of England has briefly, and yet fully, thus described the nature of a Sacrament: It is an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us, ordained by Christ himself, as a means whereby to receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof.' It is a divinely-instituted means of grace, whereby God invisibly, but effectually, communicates that grace to all true believers. Hooker, with the comprehensive wisdom which marks his Ecclesiastical Polity, thus sums up the varied properties of a sacrament:

'Let respect be had to the duty which every Communicant undertakes, and we may well determine concerning THE USE of Sacraments, that they serve as

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