...iv, part ii, of this Treatise. t In the Catechism it is asserted, that " the body and blood of Christ are verily and indeed taken 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....

...Lord has commanded to " be received ;" and the inward part, or thingsignified, is " the body and blood of Christ, " which are verily and indeed taken and " received by the faithful " in that Sacrament. Here, it is in the first place distinctly taught, that the outward and visible sign...

...count in this indictment runs thus : . " 5. Your Church declares that the body and blood of Christ are verily and indeed taken 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...

...part of the catechism.which should notbepassedover. We are told, " that the body and blood of Christ 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...

...the Lord's supper. "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,...

...explanation of the sense in which the assertion of our catechism, that " the body and blood of Christ are verily and indeed taken 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...

...instance, in denying the Corporeal Presence, scruples not to affirm, " that the body and blood of Christ are verily and indeed taken 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...

...reformed churches afterwards very generally did, a real presence, — " that the body and blood of Christ are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's supper," " after a spiritual and a heavenly manner, but actually and really." This scheme was thought by some...

...as generally understood and interpreted by its living pastors, e. g- " The body and blood of Christ are verily and indeed taken 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...

...souls, and the body and blood of Christ ; and therefore we say, that the body and blood of Christ, are verily and indeed taken 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...