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 ſo let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

1. For the Perpetuity of this Inſtitution, implyed in thoſe words, For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do ſhew forth the Lord's death till he come; or the Words may be read imperatively, and by way of precept, Shew ye forth the Lord's death till he come. In the three verſes immediatly before, the Apoſtle particularly declares the Inſtitution of this Sacrament, with the manner and circumſtances of it, as he had received it, not only by the hands of the Apoſtles, but, as the Words ſeem rather to intimate, by immediate Revelation from our Lord himſelf, Ver. 23. ''For I have received of the Lord that which I alſo delivered unto you; that the Lord Jeſus in the ſame night that he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks he 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 bloud: this do as often as ye ſhal drink it in remembrance of me''. So that the Inſtitution is in theſe Words, This do in remembrance of me. In which words our Lord commands his Diſciples after his Death, to repeat theſe occaſions, of taking and breaking and eating the Bread, and of drinking of the cup, by way of ſolemn Commemoration of Him. Now whether this was to be done by them once only, or oftner; and whether by the Diſciples only, during their lives, or by all Chriſtians afterwards in all ſucceſſive Ages of the church, is not ſo certain, merely from the force of theſe words, Do this is remembrance of me: But what the Apoſtle adds, puts the matter out of all doubt, that the Inſtitution of this Sacrament was intended, not only for the Apoſtles, and for that Age, bur for all Chriſtians, and for all Ages of the Chriſtian Church; For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do ſhew the Lord's death till he come; that is, until the time of his ſecond coming, which will be at the end of the World. So that this Sacrament was deſigned to be a ſtanding Commemoration of the Death and Paſſion of our Lord he ſhould come to Judgement; and conſequently the Obligation that lyes upon