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Cor. 11. 27. Wherefore whoſever ſhall eat this

bread, and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily,

ſhall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

apoſtle having heard of ſeveral abuſes that had crept in among the Corinthians with reſpect their partaking at the Lord's ſupper, does  rebuke them; and, for their amendment, lays  the platform of Chriſt's inſtitution to them,  the 23d to this verſe: and having done ſo, he  to draw a concluſion or inference, from the  he had been teaching them, in the text: Wherefore whoſoever ſhall eat this bread, &c q. d.  it is ſo that this great ordinance is of Chriſt's, and he has left it behind him as a  of himſelf, ſeeing by it we ſhew forth the  death then certainly the unworthy and  celebration of ſuch an ordinance, which is  ſo great concern, muſt be a very heinous crime,  a great reflection on the author of it, which he  infallibly reſent.

In the words we have two things:

1. The ſin itſelf propoſed Whoſoever ſhall eat bread, and drink this cup of the Lord :——i. e Whatever man approaches Chriſt's, and partakes of theſe ſacred ſymbolsof Chriſt's