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68 The Larger Catechhiſm. Q. What is the Lord's Supper? A. The Lord's Supper is a Sacrament of the New Teſtament z, wherein, by giving and receiving Bread and Wine, according to the appointment of Jeſus Chriſt, his Death is hewed forth; and they that wor- thly communicate, feed upon his Body and Blood, to their ſpiritual Nouriſtument, and growth in Grace a, have their Union and Communion with him confirmed b; teſtify and renew their Thankfulneſs c, and Engagement to God d, and their mutual Love and Fellowſhip each with other, as Members of the ſame myſtical Body e. z Luke xxii. 20. a Mat. xxvi. 26, 27, 28. I Cor. xi. 23, to 27. b I Cor. x. 16 c I Cor. xi. 24. d I Cor. x. 14, 15, 16, 21. e I Cor. x. 16. Q. How hath Chriſt appointed Dread and Wine, to be given and received in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper? A. Chriſt hath appointed the Miniſters of his Word, in the Adminiſtration of this Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, to let apart the Bread and Wine from common Uſe, by the Word of Inſtitution, Thanſgiving and Prayer: to take and break the Bread, and to give both the Bread and the Wine to the Communicants; who are, by the fame Appointment, to take and eat the Bread, and to drink the Wine, in thankful Remembrance that the Body of Chriſt was broken and given, and his Blood ſhed for them f. f I Cor. xi. 23, 14. Mat. xxvi. 26, 27, 28. Mark xiv. 22, 23, 14 Luke xii. 19. 20. Q. How do they that worthily corrum koicate in the Lord's Supper, feed upon the Body and Blood of Chriſt therein ? A. As the Body and Blood of Chriſt are not cor- porally or carnally preſent in, with or under the Bread