Question 77

Where hath Christ promised, that he will as certainlie giue vnto the beleeuers his bodie and his blood in this maner to be eaten and drunke, as they doo eate this bread, beeing broken, and drinke this cup.

In the institution of the Supper, the wordes whereof are these: Our Lord Iesus Christ, the same night that he was betraied, tooke bread, & when he had giuen thankes, he brake it and said: Take, eate, this is my bodie which is broken for you: this doo yee in remembrance of me. Likewise after supper he took the cup: saying,^a This cup is the new Testamēt in my blood,^b This doe, as oft as ye drinke it, in remembrance of me: For as often as ye eat this bread, and drinke this cup, ye shew the lords death til he come. This promise is repeated by Paule, when he saith:^c k The cup of thanksgiuing, wherewith we giue thankes, is it not the communion of the blood of christ? The bread which we breake, is it not the communion of the Lordes bodie? Because wee beeing manie are one bread, and one body, for we are al partakers of one bread.^d